lac wax

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   a hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol

   Synonymsshellac wax

   Broaderwax

Questions about lac wax

What does lac wax mean?

lac wax means "a hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol".

What is another word for lac wax?

Close synonyms include shellac wax. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lac wax a common word?

lac wax is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.