lacquer
verb/ˈlækə(r)/
/ˈlækər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they lacquer | /ˈlækə(r)/ /ˈlækər/ |
| he / she / it lacquers | /ˈlækəz/ /ˈlækərz/ |
| past simple lacquered | /ˈlækəd/ /ˈlækərd/ |
| past participle lacquered | /ˈlækəd/ /ˈlækərd/ |
| -ing form lacquering | /ˈlækərɪŋ/ /ˈlækərɪŋ/ |
- lacquer something to cover something such as wood or metal with lacquer
- a lacquered Chinese table
- lacquer something (British English, old-fashioned) to put lacquer on your hair
- Her hair had been carefully backcombed and lacquered into shape.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting lac): from obsolete French lacre ‘sealing wax’, from Portuguese laca, based on Hindi lākh or Persian lāk.
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