Meanings
nounlacquerware (countable and uncountable, plural lacquerwares)
plural lacquerwares · alternative lacquer-ware
- countableuncountableDecorative items coated with lacquer.
Domestic demand from middling as well as noble audiences for exotic semi-luxury imports such as cotton goods, porcelain and lacquer-ware was strong enough to stimulate moves towards import substitution.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 356Synonyms: japan
Synonyms & antonyms
nounDecorative items coated with lacquer.
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Origin
- Englishlacquer
- Proto-Germanic*warō
- Proto-West Germanic*waru
- Old Englishwaru
- Middle Englishware
- Englishlacquerware
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 漆器
- 漆器 (qīqì)decorative items coated with lacquer
Dutch lakwerk
- lakwerkdecorative items coated with lacquer
Finnish lakkatyö
- lakkatyödecorative items coated with lacquer
Japanese 漆器
- 漆器 (shikki)decorative items coated with lacquer
Polish lakierowane wyroby
- lakierowane wyrobydecorative items coated with lacquer
Thai เครื่องเขิน
- เครื่องเขินdecorative items coated with lacquer
Ukrainian лако́вані ви́роби
- лако́вані ви́роби (lakóvani výroby)decorative items coated with lacquer
Cite this entry
APA
lacquerware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lacquerware
MLA
“lacquerware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lacquerware. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lacquerware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lacquerware.
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