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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a lacquer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a type of finish or coating, often used in woodworking or art.
Example: "The artist applied a layer of a lacquer to protect the surface of the painting."
Alternatives: "a varnish" or "a finish".
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Musicians skip taping to record a live studio performance directly on a lacquer master disc.
Rolled aluminum sheet, coated with a lacquer or polymer film, is often subjected to forming operations.
There's a lacquer tortoise shell like one that's hanging on my wall.
But there's a lacquer of late-night sophistication to One Kiss that makes it surprisingly moreish.
A lacquer salad bowl in red with a black interior is $150.
Also jewelry, bracelets and necklaces, and a lacquer box with all her rings.
In the first half of the 20th century a common recording method was to use discs with a lacquer surface.
Others are made of prized materials like hinoki, a cypress wood, and urushi, a lacquer often used on soup bowls.
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"Only stir twice," she admonishes, wagging a lacquer-tipped finger in the air.
The duck, oven-roasted, with a lacquer-burnished crisp skin, was delicious.
Inset: A lacquer-finished plastic tray called Cornucopia, was made by Fornasetti in the 1950's as a prototype of a printing technique.
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