DESERT VARNISH

Meaning of DESERT VARNISH in English

the dark, lustrous coating or crust, usually of manganese and iron oxides, that forms on rocks, pebbles, etc., when exposed to weathering in the desert. Also called desert polish .

[ 1900-05 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

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 — 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 — [desert varnish] n (ca. 1898): a dark coating which is found on rocks after long exposure in desert regions and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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