Synonyms for shellac
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : shuh-lak |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃəˈlæk |
Définition of shellac
Origin :- 1713, from shell (n.) + lac (see lacquer). Translates French laque en écailles "lac in thin plates."
- verb batter
- 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
Antonyms for shellac
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