SHELLAC VARNISH Synonyms

• a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)

• the temporal end; the concluding time

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)

• designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)

• the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)

• event whose occurrence ends something

• (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)

• the act of finishing

• come or bring to a finish or an end

• finally be or do something

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

• provide with a finish

• finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

• cause to finish a relationship with somebody

• any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods

• a glossy finish on a fabric

• a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.

• coat with a glaze

• become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance

• furnish with glass

• coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze

• a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish

• a hard glossy coating

• coat with lacquer

• of or relating to Poland or its people or culture

• the property of being smooth and shiny

• the Slavic language of Poland

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• a preparation used in polishing

• make (a surface) shine

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

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

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

• cover with shellac