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LUSTER

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• LUSTER (noun)
The noun LUSTER has 3 senses:

1. a quality that outshines the usual
2. the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
3. a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain

Familiarity information: LUSTER used as a noun is uncommon.

• LUSTER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A quality that outshines the usual

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

brilliancy; luster; splendor; splendour; lustre

Hypernyms ("luster" is a kind of...):

brightness (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The visual property of something that shines with reflected light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

shininess; sheen; luster; lustre

Hypernyms ("luster" is a kind of...):

effulgence; radiance; radiancy; refulgence; refulgency; shine (the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

A surface coating for ceramics or porcelain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

lustre; luster

Hypernyms ("luster" is a kind of...):

glaze (coating for fabrics, ceramics, metal, etc.)

"Advice when most needed is least heeded."
(English proverb)
"There is no winter for who has remained in his mother's womb"
(Breton proverb)
"The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss."
(Arabic proverb)
"The word goes out but the message is lost."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of effulgence
Definition of radiancy
Definition of glaze
Definition of refulgence
Definition of refulgency

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