shellac
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
Types & categories
- lac hypernym
Parts & wholes
- stick lac substance meronym
Related & opposite
- shellac derivation
Sense 2 verb
cover with shellac
She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots
Types & categories
- varnish hypernym
Related & opposite
- shellac varnish derivation
- shellac derivation
Sense 3 noun
a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
Types & categories
- varnish hypernym
- French polish shellac hyponym
Parts & wholes
- lac substance meronym
Related & opposite
- shellac derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shellac |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | stick lac |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lac |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shellac varnish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shellac |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | varnish |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shellac |
| 3 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | lac |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | varnish |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | French polish shellac |