Shellac - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Shellac :  (noun)
1: lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
2: a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood [syn: shellac varnish] (verb)

1: cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"

Based on WordNet 2.0

Shell-lac \Shell"-lac`\,Shellac : \Shel"lac`\, n. [Shell _ lac a resinous substance; cf. D. shellak, G. schellack.] See the Note under 2d Lac.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Shellac

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