a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.

any of various resinous varnishes, esp. a resinous varnish obtained from a Japanese tree, Rhus verniciflua, used to produce a highly polished, lustrous surface on wood or the like.

Also called lacquer ware, lacquerware. ware, esp. of wood, coated with such a varnish, and often inlaid

They collected fine Oriental lacquers.

Slang . any volatile solvent that produces euphoria when inhaled.

to coat with lacquer.

to cover, as with facile or fluent words or explanations cleverly worded, etc.; obscure the faults of; gloss (often fol. by over )

The speech tended to lacquer over the terrible conditions.

noun

covering , finish , glaze , lamination , layer , varnish , veneer , coating , gloss , shellac