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How to pronounce lustre in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms brilliancy, luster, splendor, splendour
Type of brightness
Type Words
Synonyms luster
Type of glaze
Type Words
Synonyms luster, sheen, shininess
Type of radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, effulgence
Derivation lustrous

Examples of lustre

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As investors wise up, running a hedge fund will lose some of its lustre in 2005.
From the economist.com
A tired government, lacking the Blair lustre, is given its cards after 13 years.
From the independent.co.uk
Use paint with an eggshell finish from Covered in Paint for an added soft lustre.
From the smh.com.au
These are elements with a characteristic lustre such as iron, copper, and gold.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He says the potential risks that persist in the financial world add to its lustre.
From the guardian.co.uk
Jonker was as responsible as the two sides for the game lacking so much in lustre.
From the guardian.co.uk
Laissez-faire has clearly lost some lustre since Ronald Reagan was president.
From the economist.com
For the top coat we chose Behr Porch and Patio floor paint in an low lustre finish.
From the post-gazette.com
The tiles give the building a pleasing, oily lustre and an air of robustness.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Luster: a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
  • Luster: a quality that outshines the usual
  • Shininess: the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
  • Lustre is the fifth studio album from British singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt. The album was released on June 14, 2010 in the UK, and a day later in the US. ...
  • Lustre is the fourth studio album released by dream pop/darkwave band Claire Voyant.
  • Lustre is a massively parallel distributed file system, generally used for large scale cluster computing. The name Lustre is a portmanteau word derived from Linux and cluster . ...
  • Lustre (or luster) is a description of the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral. For example, a diamond is said to have an adamantine lustre and pyrite is said to have a metallic lustre. ...
  • Lustre is a formally defined, declarative, and synchronous dataflow programming language, for programming reactive systems. It began as a research project in the early 1980s. ...
  • Alternative spelling of luster. Shine, sheen gleam or polish; By extension, interest, attractiveness, or splendor; Refinement, polish, or quality