LACQUERWARE
Dictionary entry overview: What does lacquerware mean? • LACQUERWARE (noun)
The noun LACQUERWARE has 1 sense:
1. a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals
Familiarity information: LACQUERWARE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LACQUERWARE (noun)
Meaning:
A decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lacquerware" is a kind of...):
piece of work; work (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lacquerware"):
japan (lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer)
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