shellac
Example Sentences
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In 1887 German-American inventor Emile Berliner invented the flat shellac disk, quickly saw its advantage for mass production, and patented a device to play them, the gramophone, that same year.
Human societies have used plastics that occur naturally in the environment for hundreds of years, in the form of rubber, horn and shellac.
From BBC
Instead, “People getting ready to do things” is spelled out in egg yolk, besmirching the virginal purity of its white satin support; and “It’s only vanishing cream” is translucent shellac disappearing against deathly black.
From Los Angeles Times
“Your son has shellac in his veins,” referring to the brittle material used in 78 r.p.m. records.
From New York Times
Salisbury recommends sealing the knots first with shellac.
From Washington Post
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