shellac

Nouns

  • (n) lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
  • (n) a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood shellac varnish,

Verbs

  • (v) cover with shellac
    • She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots
    shellack,

Synonyms

shellack shellac varnish

Words of close approximity

shelled sheller Shelley
shellack shellac varnish shellac wax