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FRENCH POLISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A varnish for wood consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol
Synonyms:
French polish; French polish shellac
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("French polish" is a kind of...):
shellac; shellac varnish (a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("French polish" is a kind of...):
burnish; gloss; glossiness; polish (the property of being smooth and shiny)
