Definitions for lustres

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lustres lus·tre

Spelling: [luhs-ter]

IPA: /ˈlʌs tər/

Lustres is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in lustres (elrsstu).

Definitions for lustres

noun

1. the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
2. a substance, as a coating or polish, used to impart sheen or gloss.
3. radiant or luminous brightness; brilliance; radiance.
4. radiance of beauty, excellence, merit, distinction, or glory:
5. a shining object, especially one used for decoration, as a cut-glass pendant or ornament.
6. a chandelier, candleholder, etc., ornamented with cut-glass pendants.
7. any natural or synthetic fabric with a lustrous finish.
8. Also called metallic luster. an iridescent metallic film produced on the surface of a ceramic glaze.
9. Mineralogy. the nature of a mineral surface with respect to its reflective qualities:
10. lustrum (def 1).

verb (used with object)

1. to finish (fur, cloth, pottery, etc.) with a luster or gloss.

verb (used without object)

1. to be or become lustrous.

noun, verb (used with or without object)

1. luster1 .

Origin of lustres

1515-25; Middle French lustre Italian lustro, derivative of lustrare to polish, purify Latin lūstrāre to purify ceremonially, derivative of lūstrum lustrum

Examples for lustres

This was about the consistency of oil, and had the lustre he desired.

The lustre effects are not obtained unless the action of water is associated.

It robbed her eyes of their brightness, her face of its colour, her hair of its lustre.

He explains the colour as possibly an attempt to represent the pearl's lustre.

She thought only of him; she adored him in the lustre of his legendary nobility.

You could add no gracefulness to the gait, no lustre to the eye, no sweetness to the voice.

His eyes are dark and penetrating, and beam with the lustre of genius.

At this moment, they gleamed with a lustre almost demoniacal.

I saw it, just as one might see the lustre of a trout's back as it rose to a fly.

Her cheeks were glowing and the lustre of her eyes was like the sparkle of the stars.