lacquer
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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
The sap lacquer was a product of another and much smaller tree, which the mulefa cultivated for that purpose.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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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
More tangerine wedges cook alongside the bird in the same pan, their piths softening in the sauce that lacquers the bird.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
VOCs are often associated with man-made chemicals, and are off-gassed from certain drying paints and lacquers.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2021
The four drawers in this new collection contain 24 locally developed nail lacquers in a handy travel size.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2018
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
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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
“Stone and hardwood floors, high ceilings, a high tech kitchen features lacquered wood cabinetry and Miele appliances,” reads the listing, which is held by Myra Nourmand of Nourmand & Associates.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 16, 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
Some like their ham thickly lacquered, others prefer a more restrained finish.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
When I got through that, Ruthanne brought out a slab of ham lacquered with honey glaze.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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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.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 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
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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