varnish
varnish is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture.
- noun. That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance.
- noun. An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss.
- noun. To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting.
- noun. To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt.
- noun. a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
- verb. cover with varnish
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Common word forms
varnished, varnisher, varnishes, varnishing, varnishment
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