/
ʃəˈlak/
n.
lac resin melted into thin flakes, used for making varnish.
v.
(shellacks, shellacking, shellacked)
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[often as adj. shellacked]
varnish with shellac.
- N. Amer. informal defeat decisively.
Etymology
C17: from shell + lac1, translating Fr. laque en écailles ‘lac in thin plates’.