Shellac - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ʃəˈlæk|  American pronunciation of the word shellac
Brit.  |ʃəˈlæk|  British pronunciation of the word shellac

noun

- lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
- a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood

verb

- cover with shellac (syn: shellack)
She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots

Extra examples

She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots

The greater part of the interior was gaumed with shellac in solution.

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