LACQUERWARE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lacquerware" is a kind of...):

piece of work; work (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lacquerware"):

japan (lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer)