Antonyms for shellac


Grammar : Verb
Spell : shuh-lak
Phonetic Transcription : ʃəˈlæk


Definition of shellac

Origin :
  • 1713, from shell (n.) + lac (see lacquer). Translates French laque en écailles "lac in thin plates."
  • verb batter
Example sentences :
  • A sine qua non is that the glass be hot enough to melt the shellac.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • The cement consists of a mixture of shellac and 10 per cent of oil of cassia.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • On no account must the shellac be allowed to get overheated.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • It is then coated with shellac by heating and rubbing upon the shellac.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • Shellac is the most common and the most useful of the spirit varnishes.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
  • In the process just described, shellac alone, dissolved in alcohol, is used.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
  • Quick drying varnishes, like shellac, are applied, with but little on the brush.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
  • Use with oil on shellac and with oil or water on copal varnish.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
  • This casing was separated from the pattern and given a coat of shellac on the inside.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • Such cement is prepared by a solution of Shellac in Ammonia.
  • Extract from : « One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed » by C. A. Bogardus

Synonyms for shellac

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