Definitions for shellac
ʃəˈlækshel·lac

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. shellacnoun

   lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white

2. shellac, shellac varnishverb

   a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood

3. shellac, shellackverb

   cover with shellac

   "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shellacnoun

   A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc.

2. shellacverb

   To coat something with shellac.

3. shellacverb

   To inflict a heavy defeat; to drub; to batter. Used primarily in sports and political contexts.

4. Etymology: calque translation of laque + en + écaille

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shellac

   Shellac () is a resin secreted by the female lac bug on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. It is processed and sold as dry flakes and dissolved in alcohol to make liquid shellac, which is used as a brush-on colorant, food glaze and wood finish. Shellac functions as a tough natural primer, sanding sealant, tannin-blocker, odour-blocker, stain, and high-gloss varnish. Shellac was once used in electrical applications as it possesses good insulation qualities and it seals out moisture. Phonograph and 78 rpm gramophone records were made of it until they were replaced by vinyl long-playing records from 1948 onwards.From the time it replaced oil and wax finishes in the 19th century, shellac was one of the dominant wood finishes in the western world until it was largely replaced by nitrocellulose lacquer in the 1920s and 1930s.

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1. shellac

   Shellac is a natural resin secreted by the female lac bug, used in the form of flakes or a liquid in varnishes, furniture polish, food glaze or other finishes. It is also used in certain printing inks and as a non-conductive coating for electrical equipment.

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1. Shellacnoun

   see the Note under 2d Lac

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1. Shellac

   Shellac is a resin secreted by the female lac bug, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. It is processed and sold as dry flakes, which are dissolved in ethyl alcohol to make liquid shellac, which is used as a brush-on colorant, food glaze and wood finish. Shellac functions as a tough natural primer, sanding sealant, tannin-blocker, odour-blocker, stain, and high-gloss varnish. Shellac was once used in electrical applications as it possesses good insulation qualities and it seals out moisture. Phonograph records were also made of it during the 78-rpm recording era which ended in the west during the 1950s. From the time it replaced oil and wax finishes in the 19th century, shellac was one of the dominant wood finishes in the western world until it was largely replaced by nitrocellulose lacquer in the 1920s and 1930s.

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1. Shellac

   A resin; produced as an exudation upon the branches of certain Asiatic trees, such as the banyan (Ficus religiosa). It is due to punctures in the bark of the trees in question, which punctures are made by the female of the insect coccus ficus or c. lacca. Commercial shellac contains about 90 per cent. of resinous material, the rest is made up of wax, gluten, coloring matter and other substances. Shellac is soluble in alcohol, and in aqueous solutions of ammonium chloride, of borax and in strong ammonia solution. Long standing is required in the case of the last named solvent. Dilute hydrochloric and acetic acids dissolve it readily; nitric acid slowly; strong sulphuric acid is without action on it. Alkalies dissolve it. In electric work it is used as an insulator and dielectric. Its alcoholic solution is used to varnish glass plates of influence machines, for the coils of induction coils and similar purposes. Resistance in ohms per centimeter cube at 28° C. (82.4 F.)--(Ayrton), 9.0E15 Specific Inductive Capacity (Wüllner),   2.95 to 3.73 The same substance in less pure forms occurs in commerce, as stick lac, lump lac, seed lac, button lac.

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1. shellac

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shellac in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shellac in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of shellac in a Sentence

1. Lisa Kennedy:

   Everyone should be outraged about this. You have to be straightforward with people. That's the only way we can make society safer is if you're honest with people instead of trying to shellac things, so the FBI has egg all over its face.

2. Ry Cooder:

   With country, it's hard to penetrate the thick layers of commercialism that have been applied like shellac coatings over the real thing.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shellac
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shellac
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellac
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shellac
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=shellac
7. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=shellac