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VARNISHED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does varnished mean?
• VARNISHED (adjective)
The adjective VARNISHED has 1 sense:
1. having a coating of stain or varnish
Familiarity information: VARNISHED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a coating of stain or varnish
Synonyms:
stained; varnished
Similar:
painted (coated with paint)
Context examples
He made his face shine with the punch, so that it looked as if it had been varnished all over.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He drew, he varnished, he carpentered, he glued; he made toys for the children; he fashioned new netting-needles and pins with improvements; and if everything else was done, sat down to his large fishing-net at one corner of the room.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
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