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lac.

A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.

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Meaning & usage

noun/læk/
  1. A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Portuguese laca, from Hindi लाख (lākh)/Urdu لاکھ (lākh) or cognates in other Indo-Aryan languages, from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of lacquer.

noun/læk/
  1. Dated spelling of lakh.

noun/læs//læk/
  1. Laceration.

    colloquial · countable · uncountable
    hand lac
Where this word comes from

From laceration.

noun/læk/
  1. Clipping of Cadillac

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · slang
    Last night I was driving around in my lac.
Where this word comes from

From Cadillac.

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