lac
1a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.: Compare shellac (def. 1).
Origin of lac
1Other definitions for lac (2 of 4)
lakh.
Other definitions for lac (3 of 4)
(in prescriptions) milk.
Origin of lac
3Other definitions for LAC (4 of 4)
leading aircraftsman.
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How to use lac in a sentence
Fifty lacs of rupees to be paid by the maharajah on the ratification of the treaty.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanHe says, "I rejected this offer of twenty lacs, with which the Rajah would have compromised for his guilt when it was too late."
They endeavored to do so; but they never could screw it up to more than forty lacs by all the violent means which they employed.
You have offered to give up the sum of four lacs of rupees to be allowed the free use of the remainder of your stipend.
You cannot take lacs to be less than two; we cannot make a plural less than two.
British Dictionary definitions for lac (1 of 3)
/ (læk) /
a resinous substance secreted by certain lac insects, used in the manufacture of shellac
Origin of lac
1British Dictionary definitions for lac (2 of 3)
/ (lɑːk) /
a variant spelling of lakh
British Dictionary definitions for LAC (3 of 3)
/ British /
leading aircraftman
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