lacquerware
See also: lacquer-ware
English
Alternative forms
- lacquer-ware
Etymology
From lacquer + -ware.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlakəwɛː/
Noun
lacquerware (countable and uncountable, plural lacquerwares)
- Decorative items coated with lacquer.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 356:
- Domestic demand from middling as well as noble audiences for exotic semi-luxury imports such as cotton goods, porcelain and lacquer-ware was strong enough to stimulate moves towards import substitution.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 356:
Translations
decorative items coated with lacquer
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