VARNISH


Meaning of VARNISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vɑ:(r)nɪʃ ]

( varnishes, varnishing, varnished)

1.

Varnish is an oily liquid which is painted onto wood or other material to give it a hard, clear, shiny surface.

The varnish comes in six natural wood shades.

N-MASS

2.

The varnish on an object is the hard, clear, shiny surface that it has when it has been painted with varnish.

He brought out the fiddle, its varnish cracked and blistered.

N-SING

3.

If you varnish something, you paint it with varnish.

Varnish the table with two or three coats of water-based varnish...

...the varnished floorboards.

VERB : V n , V-ed

4.

see also nail varnish

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