SHELLAC VARNISH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)