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How to pronounce varnish in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms seal
Type of coat, surface
Has types shellac, shellack
Derivation varnisher
Type Words
Type of coating, coat
Has types shellac, shellac varnish, fixative

Examples of varnish

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Before the varnish dries, dip the nail into the pot of silver feather particles.
From the express.co.uk
Students with signed consent forms get a free dental exam, cleaning and varnish.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The byproducts condense and drop varnish and other evil chemicals into your oil.
From the bucks.blogs.nytimes.com
I loved going through her luggage, marvelling at the face cream and nail varnish.
From the guardian.co.uk
She was very good even if some of the pages were smeared with red nail varnish.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Then Altin Stoja sets to work, mixing pigment and gloss varnish in a plastic cup.
From the timesunion.com
No amount of paint, glue, sparkle or varnish will ever make it look good again.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Jackson and Morgan worked together to frame, stretch, mount and varnish the works.
From the courier-journal.com
Another high-quality marine varnish, developed for use on yachts, is Epifanes.
From the newsobserver.com
More examples
  • A coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
  • Cover with varnish
  • (varnished) stained: having a coating of stain or varnish
  • Varnish is a transparent, hard, protective finish or film primarily used in wood finishing but also for other materials. Varnish is traditionally a combination of a drying oil, a resin, and a thinner or solvent. ...
  • Varnish is an HTTP accelerator designed for content-heavy dynamic web sites. In contrast to other HTTP accelerators, many of which began life as client-side proxies or origin servers, Varnish was designed from the ground up as an HTTP accelerator.
  • A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film; Anything resembling such a paint; By extension: A deceptively showy appearance; To apply varnish; To cover up with varnish; To gloss over a defect
  • (VARNISHES) are clear wood finishes formulated with various resins to dry by chemical reaction.
  • (Varnishes) impart protection and gloss to printed paper surfaces.
  • (Varnishing) The application of varnish to protect the printed piece or for aesthetic reasons; press varnish can be selectively applied to spots (called spot varnishing) to cover only the areas to be varnished (care must be exercised to print the job with inks that are compatible with the varnish)