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Another word for varnish

varnish Synonyms

varnish

n.

Colors of varnish include: light oak, dark oak, golden oak, mahogany, walnut, cherry, dark pine, light pine, japan black, lacquer red, gold-rust, silver wire lacquer, sheet-gold lacquer, green lacquer, brown lacquer, cream lacquer;

varnish Synonyms

varnish

v.

finish, paint, shellac, lacquer, wax, size, enamel, japan, surface, coat, luster, polish, gloss, adorn, refinish, glaze, gloss over.

Antonyms expose*, remove the finish, strip.

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Another word for varnish

verb

To give a deceptively attractive appearance to:

color, gild, gloss (over), gloze (over), sugarcoat, veneer, whitewash. Idioms: paper over, put a good face on. See true

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A plaster cast of the type is, when dry, saturated with shellac varnish and redried.
By boiling this varnish with dilute nitric acid vapours of acrolein are given off, and the substance gradually becomes a solid non-adhesive mass the same as the ultimate oxidation product of both raw and boiled oil.
Extensive use of this property is made in the paint and varnish trades.
Small fragments, formerly thrown away or used only for varnish, are now utilized on a large scale in the formation of "ambroid" or "pressed amber."
In varnish manufacture; it is also used for a fuel; a purer product is extensively used in the colour and fine chemical industries.

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