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LACQUERWARE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lacquerware" is a kind of...):
piece of work; work (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lacquerware"):
japan (lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer)