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lacquer

[lak-er] / ˈlæk ər /


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The Georgian-style, brick and stone home offers an array of gorgeous details, like glossy wood and stone floors, red lacquer walls in the formal dining room, and numerous fireplaces.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026

The barrels -- bound tightly with rope, their fabric skins stiffened and darkened with lacquer -- inevitably recall the Gulf's vast hydrocarbon wealth.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

For the dining room walls, eight Parisian artisans were flown in for months to achieve a Japanese-inspired lacquer finish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

And, most food-grade aluminium needs internal lacquer or polymer coatings, which must also meet recyclability guidelines, Mr Armstrong adds.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025

My mother was writing letters at her little black lacquer desk and she didn’t look up.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

But although Waititi eventually reveals the darkness at his story’s center, before then he lacquers the film with a calculated gooeyness that’s stultifying before it becomes downright exasperating.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Coating fossils with varnishes and/or lacquers was the norm in the past and sometimes is still necessary to preserve a fossil specimen in museum cabinets and exhibits.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024

In his recent sculptures, Hartenstein has been incorporating a cerulean pigment developed in the G.D.R. for industrial lacquers, which he recalls seeing his grandfather use for carpentry.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

She mixes marmalade into compound butters, slips stone-fruit preserves into a marinade or on top of a pizza, and lacquers chicken wings with apricot jam.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2019

The strong odor of the colored lacquers can be smelled out on the sidewalk, even with the door shut.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

TAICHUNG, Taiwan—The first course arrived on a miniature lacquered rack, the kind you’d expect to hold ink brushes in a scholar’s studio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

In the oven, that aerated layer rises and sets into a thin, lacquered shell, delicate but intentional.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

We love this lacquered green dial with diamond hour-markers and a Moonshine gold band, but there are many unique pairings to choose from.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2025

The listing adds, “The custom lacquered kitchen, finished in rich Aegean blue with bronze accents and Calacatta marble, is as functional as it is striking.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025

She sips daintily from her straw, fingering it with lacquered nails.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

As I wrote in a recent article, I'm a proponent of lacquering bacon with the sweet-and-savory combo of maple syrup and white miso, which is the perfect complement to its salty, pork-y, smoky essence.

From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2023

He works on multiple tigers at a time and employs two or three people to help with sanding, lacquering and finishing tasks, he said.

From Reuters ● Jan. 25, 2022

“Manolo will be in the kitchen cooking his wonderful cuisine, and I’ll be in the larder, lacquering my Louis Vuitton cases with yacht varnish, bringing them to a high shine,” he tells me.

From The Guardian ● May 23, 2020

She experimented with lacquering on gold leaf and painting on glass and fabrics.

From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2015

Bridget sat on the toilet lid, lacquering her nails with ballet pink, the radio perched behind her on top of the tank.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen


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