Definitions
resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g.
varnishes and sealing wax
Word origin
From Portuguese laca, from Hindi लाख (lākh)/Urdu لاکھ (lākh) or cognates in other Indo-Aryan languages, from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of lacquer.
Used in a sentence
“At the turn of the century, the ever-expanding electrical industry was running low on shellac, a resin secreted by the female lac bug which could be used as an insulating material.”
“The Laccadives and Maldives, for instance, meaning literally the "lac of islands" and the "thousand islands," are a series of such atolls; […]”
“Last night I was driving around in my lac.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Resin source”3 letters
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