- Types Of Speech
- You can use shellac as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Shellac
- A 2 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters a, c, e, h, l, and s, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter l. Shellac starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, sh, she, shel, shell, and the ending characters are c, ac, lac, llac, ellac, . Shellac is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- A thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
- Origin/Roots
- French
- Scrabble
- Is shellac a scrabble word? A 12 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Shellac in Pig Latin is said as "ellacshay or ellacshway".
- Unigram
- s | h | e | l | l | a | c
- Bigram
- sh | he | el | ll | la | ac
- Trigram
- she | hel | ell | lla | lac
- Quadrigram
- shel | hell | ella | llac
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol;
used to finish wood - lac purified by heating and filtering;
usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
- Verb Examples
- cover with shellac;
"She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"
Synonym | Definition |
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Apply Paint | |
Bash | a vigorous blow "the sudden knock floored him" "he took a bash right in his face" "he got a bang on the head" |
Bat | (baseball) a turn batting "he was at bat when it happened" "he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats" |
Bawl Out | |
Bear Down | |
Beat | the act of beating to windward sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing |
Bedaub | spread or daub (a surface) |
Bedizen | dress up garishly and tastelessly |
Begild | decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold |
Bepaint | dye with a color |
View all cognitive synonyms for Shellac
Anagram | Definition |
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Shellac | a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol used to finish wood |
View English words with the unique letters used in shellac. Words With The Letters Acehls
Word | Definition |
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Shellac | a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol used to finish wood |
Word | Definition |
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Varnish | cover with varnish |
Word | Definition |
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French Polish |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Satchel (7 letters) | 12 | 13 | satchel | ||
Shellac (7 letters) | 12 | 14 | shellac | ||
Aeschylus (9 letters) | 17 +5 | 18 +4 | aeschylus | ||
Alcahest (8 letters) | 13 +1 | 14 | aacehlst | ||
Chastely (8 letters) | 16 +4 | 16 +2 | chastely | ||
Eschewal (8 letters) | 16 +4 | 17 +3 | eschewal | ||
Chattels (8 letters) | 13 +1 | 14 | chattels | ||
Laches (6 letters) | 11 | 12 | laches | ||
Clashes (7 letters) | 12 | 13 | clashes |
Shellac Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With C
- Spelled With / Contains Letters