varnish
IPA: vˈɑrnɪʃ
noun
- A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film.
- Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance.
- (by extension) A deceptively showy appearance.
- (rail transport, US, informal, dated) a passenger train, probably derived from the varnished passenger cars used at one time.
verb
- (intransitive) To apply varnish.
- (transitive) To cover up with varnish.
- (transitive) To make something superficially or deceptively attractive
- (transitive) To gloss over a defect.
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Examples of "varnish" in Sentences
- A fire retardant varnish is then applied to the entire piece.
- Fuel left in the tank over the summer could gum up into what's referred to as varnish if you didn't remove it.
- It’s kind of like the Sistine Chapel with dead people preserved in varnish and it looks like something out of an H.R. Giger painting.
- We bought a couple of sample pots of varnish, which is amazingly non-smelly, and the one we've chosen is a nice honey tone so that will look nice.
- When she arrives at the north London studio for her interview and photo-shoot, she is so clean and shiny it is as though she has been freshly dipped in varnish.
- A thin coat of varnish is now painted over the parts that are sufficiently deepened, technically speaking they are "stopped out," and the process of biting is recommenced.
- It should also have a smaller than usual handle (‘cos I only have little hands) and a stain resistant interior (‘cos the coffee in our machines can strip the varnish from the desks).
- A good varnish is one that will not separate, Mauclerc stated, because the ingredients have formed an indivisible union: his theory of varnishmaking is also a theory of chemical combination. 23 Complete joining of the materials is only certain when there has been effervesce.
- The pigment is that constituent which makes the impression visible, while the varnish is the vehicle which carries the pigment during the operation of grinding and during its distribution on the press to the type, from the type to the paper, and ultimately binds it to the paper.
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