shellac

Words with a similar base: shellac, shellac_varnish, shellack

'shellac'

[shellac.n.01] as in: lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white

'shellac'

[shellac.n.02] as in: a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood

'shellac'

[shellac.v.01] as in: cover with shellac

Examples:
She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots

Origins

					shellac (English)
├── lac (English)
│   └── laca (Portuguese)
│       └── لاک (Persian)
│           └── लाख (Hindi)
│               ├── लक्षं (Sanskrit)
│               └── लाक्षा (Sanskrit)
└── shell (English)
    └── schelle (Middle English (1100-1500))

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