Definitions for shellac

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shellac shel·lac

Spelling: [shuh-lak]

IPA: /ʃəˈlæk/

Shellac is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 154 anagrams from letters in shellac (acehlls).

Definitions for shellac

noun

1. lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
2. a varnish (shellac varnish) made by dissolving this material in alcohol or a similar solvent.
3. a phonograph record made of a breakable material containing shellac, especially one to be played at 78 r.p.m.:

verb (used with object)

1. to coat or treat with shellac.
2. Slang. to defeat; trounce. to thrash soundly.

Origin of shellac

1705-15; shell + lac¹, translation of French laque en écailles lac in thin plates

Examples for shellac

shellac is the most common and the most useful of the spirit varnishes.

In the process just described, shellac alone, dissolved in alcohol, is used.

On no account must the shellac be allowed to get overheated.

It is then coated with shellac by heating and rubbing upon the shellac.

Use with oil on shellac and with oil or water on copal varnish.

The cement consists of a mixture of shellac and 10 per cent of oil of cassia.

This casing was separated from the pattern and given a coat of shellac on the inside.

Such cement is prepared by a solution of shellac in Ammonia.

A sine qua non is that the glass be hot enough to melt the shellac.

Quick drying varnishes, like shellac, are applied, with but little on the brush.