DESERT VARNISH

Meaning of DESERT VARNISH in English

[desert varnish] n (ca. 1898): a dark coating which is found on rocks after long exposure in desert regions and whose color is due to iron and manganese oxides

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DESERT VARNISH — noun Date: circa 1898 a dark coating which is found on rocks after long exposure in desert regions and whose …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DESERT VARNISH — or patina Thin, dark red to black mineral coating (generally iron and manganese oxides and silica) deposited on pebbles and …
Английский словарь Британика
DESERT VARNISH — noun or desert polish : a dark coating or polish found on rocks and pebbles after long exposure in desert …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DESERT VARNISH — the dark, lustrous coating or crust, usually of manganese and iron oxides, that forms on rocks, pebbles, etc., when exposed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DESERT VARNISH — thin and shiny layer that is reddish brown or black in color composed of iron and manganese oxides which coats …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DESERT VARNISH — Date: circa 1898 : a dark coating which is found on rocks after long exposure in desert regions and whose …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DESERT VARNISH — Function: noun Date: circa 1898 : a dark coating which is found on rocks after long exposure in desert regions …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DESERT VARNISH — also called Patina, thin, dark red to black mineral coating (generally iron and manganese oxides and silica) deposited on pebbles …
Britannica English vocabulary
DESERT VARNISH — or patina Thin, dark red to black mineral coating (generally iron and manganese oxides and silica) deposited on pebbles and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DESERT VARNISH — растрескавшаяся корка на земле пустынь
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DESERT VARNISH — растрескавшаяся корка на земле пустынь
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DESERT VARNISH — растрескавшаяся корка на земле пустынь
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DESERT VARNISH — растрескавшаяся корка на земле пустынь
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DESERT VARNISH — растрескавшаяся корка на земле пустынь
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DESERT — I Large, extremely dry area of land with fairly sparse vegetation. It is one of the Earth's major types of …
Английский словарь Британика
VARNISH — I. ˈvärnish, ˈvȧn-, -nēsh noun ( -es ; see sense 4 ) Etymology: Middle English vernisch, from Middle French vernis, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DESERT — I. des·ert ˈdezə(r)]t, usu ]d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin desertum, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VARNISH — (n.) To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to …
Английский словарь Webster
VARNISH — ( n. ) To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VARNISH — — varnisher , n. — varnishy , adj. /vahr"nish/ , n. 1. a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DESERT — desert 1 — desertic /di zerr"tik/ , adj. — desertlike , adj. /dez"euhrt/ , n. 1. a region so arid …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VARNISH — I. ˈvär-nish noun Etymology: Middle English vernisch, from Anglo-French vernis, from Old Italian or Medieval Latin; Old Italian vernice, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DESERT — I. des·ert ˈde-zərt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin desertum, from Latin, neuter of desertus, past participle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VARNISH — noun that which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance. 2. varnish ·noun an artificial covering to give …
Webster English vocab
DESERT — noun that which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; …
Webster English vocab
VARNISH — [var.nish] n [ME vernisch, fr. MF vernis, fr. OIt or ML; OIt vernice, fr. ML veronic-, veronix sandarac] (14c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DESERT — [des.ert] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. LL desertum, fr. L, neut. of desertus, pp. of deserere to desert, fr. de- …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VARNISH — liquid coating material containing a resin that dries to a hard transparent film. Most varnishes are a blend of resin, …
Britannica English vocabulary
DESERT — any large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation. It is one of the Earth's major types of ecosystems, …
Britannica English vocabulary
VARNISH — varnish BrE AmE ˈvɑːn ɪʃ AmE \ ˈvɑːrn ɪʃ ▷ varnish|ed t ▷ varnish|es ɪz əz ▷ varnish|ing ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DESERT — I de|sert verb BrE AmE di |ˈzɜːt də- AmE -|ˈzɝːt ▷ de|serted ˈzɜːt ɪd -əd AmE ˈzɝːt̬ əd ▷ de|serting …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VARNISH — / ˈvɑːnɪʃ; NAmE ˈvɑːrnɪʃ/ noun , verb ■ noun [ U , C ] a liquid that is painted onto …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESERT — noun , verb ■ noun / ˈdezət; NAmE ˈdezərt/ —see also deserts [ C , U ] a large area …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VARNISH — I. var ‧ nish 1 /ˈvɑːnɪʃ $ ˈvɑːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DESERT — I. des ‧ ert 1 W3 /ˈdezət $ -ərt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VARNISH — n. & v. --n. 1 a resinous solution used to give a hard shiny transparent coating to wood, metal, paintings, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DESERT — n. & adj. --n. a dry barren often sand-covered area of land, characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation; an uninteresting …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VARNISH — n. & v. n. 1 a resinous solution used to give a hard shiny transparent coating to wood, metal, paintings, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DESERT — n. & adj. n. a dry barren often sand-covered area of land, characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation; an uninteresting …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VARNISH — n. & v. --n. 1. a resinous solution used to give a hard shiny transparent coating to wood, metal, paintings, …
Oxford English vocab
DESERT — 1. v. 1. tr. abandon, give up, leave (deserted the sinking ship). 2 tr. forsake or abandon (a cause or …
Oxford English vocab
VARNISH — ( varnishes, varnishing, varnished) 1. Varnish is an oily liquid which is painted onto wood or other material to give …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESERT — The noun is pronounced /dezə(r)t/. The verb is pronounced /dɪzɜ:(r)t/ and is hyphenated de‧sert. ( deserted) Frequency: The word is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VARNISH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES paint/polish/varnish your nails (= to put coloured liquid on your nails ) ▪ Don't …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DESERT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coastal/desert/mountain etc environment ▪ The storm caused significant damage to the coastal environment. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DESERT — (SANDY AREA) [noun] - (a large area of) land covered with sand or rocks, where there is very little rain …
Cambridge English vocab
DESERT — n. Arabian Desert Atacama Desert desert varnish Gibson Desert Gobi Desert Great Sandy Desert Great Victoria Desert Kalahari Desert Karakum …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VARNISH — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clear , transparent ▪ gloss , glossy ▪ discoloured/discolored ▪ The painting was obscured by discoloured/discolored …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DESERT — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ arid , barren , dry , hot ▪ green fields surrounded by arid ~ ▪ vast …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DESERT — n. 25B6; noun an African desert : WASTELAND, wastes, wilderness, wilds, barren land; dust bowl. See list. 25B6; adjective desert …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DESERT — Not a stretch of sand, an utterly barren waste, but a wild, uninhabited region. The words rendered in the Authorized …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
DESERT — noun BAD : I was miles from anywhere, stuck on a desert country road. GOOD : I was miles from …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
VARNISH — 1. сущ. 1) лак nail varnish ≈ лак для ногтей to apply varnish ≈ накладывать лак Syn : lacquer 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DESERT — I 1. сущ. 1) пустыня; пустынный район an arid desert ≈ безводная пустыня trackless desert ≈ безжизненная пустыня reclaim a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VARNISH — varnish.ogg 1. ʹvɑ:nıʃ n 1. 1> лак nail varnish - лак для ногтей oil spirit varnish - масляный спиртовой лак …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DESERT — desert.ogg _I 1. ʹdezət n 1. пустыня the Sahara Desert - пустыня Сахара near desert - полупустыня 2. необитаемое, пустынное …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
VARNISH — 1) лак || покрывать лаком, лакировать 2) нагар ( в двигателе ) • - acid-cured varnish - acidproof varnish - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
VARNISH — 1) лак || покрывать лаком, лакировать 2) нагар (в двигателе) • - acid-cured varnish - acidproof varnish - acrylic varnish - alkaliproof varnish - alkyd varnish - baking …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
VARNISH — 1) лак 2) лакировать 3) лакообразование 4) льняной лаковой 5) нагарообразование 6) олифа • apply a varnish by flooding — наносить лак обливанием apply a varnish by roller …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
VARNISH — varnish сущ.1) лак nail varnish — лак для ногтей to apply varnish — накладывать лак Syn:lacquer 2) а) лоск, глянец …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DESERT — I 1. [ʹdezət] n 1. пустыня the Sahara Desert - пустыня Сахара near ~ - полупустыня 2. необитаемое, пустынное место; …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
VARNISH — 1. ʹvɑ:nıʃ n 1. 1> лак nail varnish - лак для ногтей oil spirit varnish - масляный спиртовой лак 2> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DESERT — _I 1. ʹdezət n 1. пустыня the Sahara Desert - пустыня Сахара near desert - полупустыня 2. необитаемое, пустынное место; …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
VARNISH — 1. сущ. 1) лак nail varnish — лак для ногтей to apply varnish — накладывать лак Syn: lacquer 2) а) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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