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SHELLAC VARNISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
Synonyms:
shellac; shellac varnish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("shellac varnish" is a kind of...):
varnish (a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface)
Meronyms (substance of "shellac varnish"):
lac (resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shellac varnish"):
French polish; French polish shellac (a varnish for wood consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol)
