What part of speech is shellac?

Shellac can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. shellac is a verb, present, 1st person singular of shellac (infinitive).
  • 2. shellac is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. shellac is a noun, singular of shellacs.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does shellac mean?

Definitions

Verb

shellac - cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"

Noun

shellac - a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
shellac - lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white

Examples of shellac

#   Sentence  
1. verb She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots.
Sentence  
verb
She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots.

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