Lac

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A resinous secretion of the lac insect deposited on trees and used in making shellac.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect.
  • n. One hundred thousand (commonly used in Pakistan and India).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number.
  • n. A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Laccifer lacca (formerly Coccus lacca), a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A Middle English form of lack.
  • n. A resinous incrustation deposited on the twigs of various trees in India and southern Asia by the lac-insect, Carteria lacca.
  • n. The sum of 100,000, usually of rupees.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax
  • Equivalent
    lakh   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    lack   
    Hyponym
    garnet lac    seed-lac    stick-lac    gum-lac    shellac   
    Form
    shellac   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adak    Black    Braque    Chirac    Jack    Jacques    Lak    Mac    Mack    Macke   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fragili    lanam    morceau    etat    despote    malheur    bord    nom    montagne    bonheur