LUSTRE


Meaning of LUSTRE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

lose

The team were trudging off the pitch, the diamonds on their shirt-sleeves having long since lost their lustre .

Things like that can make even the best marriage lose its lustre .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Autumn had given the trees that extra golden lustre .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Even after the Papacy had returned to Rome in 1376, the Anti-Popes enabled it to retain its luxury and lustre .

Granite and alabaster were also imported with precious materials such as porphyry to give richness and lustre to interiors.

The original lustre of the shell has been retained.

The piled fibres absorb and reflect the light, alternating deep and pale hues and giving the cloth its unique lustre .

The species is beautifully preserved, retaining something of its original lustre , and all the fine details of its ornament.

The team were trudging off the pitch, the diamonds on their shirt-sleeves having long since lost their lustre .

They have a handsome shiny lustre which makes them conspicuous from a distance.

This is nonsense; the lustre is solely the result of the chemical washing.

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