Definitions for shellacs

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shellacs shel·lac

Spelling: [shuh-lak]

IPA: /ʃəˈlæk/

Shellacs is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 200 anagrams from letters in shellacs (acehllss).

Definitions for shellacs

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 shellacs

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

Examples for shellacs

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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