Lacquer vs. Paint

Lacquernoun

A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.

Paintnoun

A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.

Lacquernoun

A similar finish, baked onto the inside of cans.

Paintnoun

(in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

Lacquerverb

To apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish.

Paintnoun

The free-throw lane, construed with the.

‘The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.’;

Lacquernoun

A varnish, consisting of a solution of shellac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; - used for varnishing metals, papier-maché, and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made.

Paintnoun

Paintballs.

‘I am running low on paint for my marker.’;

Lacquerverb

To cover with lacquer.

Paintnoun

A face card (king, queen, or jack).

Lacquernoun

a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish

Paintnoun

Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.

Lacquernoun

a hard glossy coating

Paintnoun

Makeup.

Lacquerverb

coat with lacquer;

‘A lacquered box from China’;

Paintverb

(transitive) To apply paint to.

Lacquer

The term lacquer is used for a number of hard and potentially shiny finishes applied to materials such as wood or metal. These fall into a number of very different groups.

Paintverb

(transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.

Paintverb

(transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.

Paintverb

(transitive) To create (an image) with paints.

‘to paint a portrait or a landscape’;

Paintverb

(intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.

‘I've been painting since I was a young child.’;

Paintverb

To draw an element in a graphical user interface.

Paintverb

To depict or portray.

‘She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud.’;

Paintverb

(intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

Paintverb

To direct a radar beam toward.

Paintverb

To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

‘Jezebel painted her face and tired her head.’;

Paintverb

To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.

‘Not painted with the crimson spots of blood.’; ‘Cuckoo buds of yellow hueDo paint the meadows with delight.’;

Paintverb

To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.

Paintverb

To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict; as, to paint a political opponent as a traitor.

‘Disloyal?The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.’; ‘If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.’;

Paintverb

To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.

Paintverb

To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

‘Let her paint an inch thick.’;

Paintnoun

A pigment or coloring substance.

Paintnoun

A cosmetic; rouge.

Paintnoun

a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

Paintnoun

(basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court;

‘he hit a jump shot from the top of the key’; ‘he dominates play in the paint’;

Paintnoun

makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks

Paintverb

make a painting;

‘he painted all day in the garden’; ‘He painted a painting of the garden’;

Paintverb

apply paint to; coat with paint;

‘We painted the rooms yellow’;

Paintverb

make a painting of;

‘He painted his mistress many times’;

Paintverb

apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil

Paint

Paint is any pigmented liquid, liquefiable, or solid mastic composition that, after application to a substrate in a thin layer, converts to a solid film. It is most commonly used to protect, color, or provide texture to objects.