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Definition of lacquer verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. lacquer something to cover something such as wood or metal with lacquer
    • a lacquered Chinese table
  2. lacquer something (British English, old-fashioned) to put lacquer on your hair
    • Her hair had been carefully backcombed and lacquered into shape.
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  3. Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting lac): from obsolete French lacre ‘sealing wax’, from Portuguese laca, based on Hindi lākh or Persian lāk.
See lacquer in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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