<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.</li><li>any of various resinous varnishes, especially a resinous varnish obtained from a Japanese tree, <em>Rhus verniciflua</em>, used to produce a highly polished, lustrous surface on wood or the like.</li><li>Also called lacquer ware, ware, especially of wood, coated with such a varnish, and often inlaid: They collected fine Japanese lacquers.</li><li>Slang. any volatile solvent that produces euphoria when inhaled.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to coat with lacquer.</li><li>to cover, as with facile or fluent words or explanations cleverly worded, etc.; obscure the faults of; gloss (often followed by over): The speech tended to lacquer over the terrible conditions.</li></ul>