| Main Entry: | lacquer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coating |
Synonyms: |
covering, finish, glaze, lamination, layer, varnish, veneer |
| Main Entry: | coat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
Synonyms: |
bark, coating, crust, finish, glaze, gloss, lacquer, lamination, layer, overlay, painting, plaster, priming, roughcast, set, tinge, varnish, wash, whitewashing |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pigmented; shade |
Synonyms: |
adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate, wash |
Antonyms: |
discolor, pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | enamel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | paint, often shiny |
Synonyms: |
cloisonné, coating, finish, glaze, gloss, japan, lacquer, polish, stain, topcoat, varnish, veneer |
| Main Entry: | finish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coating; perfecting |
Synonyms: |
appearance, beauty, burnish, cultivation, culture, elaboration, glaze, grace, grain, lacquer, luster, patina, perfection, polish, refinement, shine, smoothness, surface, texture, veneer |
| Main Entry: | finish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put a coating on; perfect |
Synonyms: |
coat, develop, elaborate, face, gild, lacquer, polish, refine, smooth, stain, texture, veneer, wax |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shiny |
Synonyms: |
buff, burnish, finish, furbish, glance, glaze, lacquer, polish, rub, shine, varnish, veneer |
Antonyms: |
dull |
| Main Entry: | varnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add a layer to; embellish |
Synonyms: |
adorn, coat, cover, decorate, enamel, finish, gild, glaze, gloss, japan, lacquer, luster, paint, polish, shellac, surface, veneer, wash, wax |
Antonyms: |
strip |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
crude, Day, allochroous, bright, chromatic, colored, colorific, deep, double, flashy, flaunting, florid, fresh, gairish, garish, gaudy, gay, glaring, gorgeous, harmonious, high, intense, iridal, iridian, isochroous, mellow, multicolored, pavonine, pearly, polychromatic, prismatic, prismatoidal, raw, rich, showy, sweet, tinctorial, tingent, unfaded, vivid
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| Concept: | Color. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; specific light |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush; tone, key., pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive color, complementary color; three primaries; spectrum, chromatic dispersion; broken color, secondary color, tertiary color., local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective., [Science of color] chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy; chromatism, chromatography, chromatology; prism, spectroscope., pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain; medium; mordant; oil paint, painting [more].
-verbs
color, dye, tinge, stain, tint, tinct, paint, wash, ingrain, grain, illuminate, emblazon, bedizen, imbue; paint (fine art).
-adjectives
colored; colorific, tingent, tinctorial; chromatic, prismatic; full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored; doubly-dyed; polychromatic; chromatogenous; tingible., bright, vivid, intense, deep; fresh, unfaded; rich, gorgeous; gay., gaudy, florid; gay, garish; rainbow-colored, multihued; showy, flaunting, flashy; raw, crude; glaring, flaring; discordant, inharmonious., mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.
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Antonyms: |
achromatism |
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