LAC

lac

(noun) resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)

A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.

Etymology 2

Noun

lac (plural lacs)

One hundred thousand (commonly used in Pakistan and India).

Etymology 3

Noun

lac (plural lacs)

(slang) Short for Cadillac.

Synonyms

• (Cadillac): caddie, caddy

Etymology 4

From laceration.

Noun

lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)

(medicine, colloquial) Laceration.

Anagrams

• ACL, CLA, Cal, Cal., LCA, alc, cal, cal.

Noun

LAc (plural LAcs)

Initialism of licensed acupuncturist.

Anagrams

• ACL, CLA, Cal, Cal., LCA, alc, cal, cal.

Proper noun

Lac (plural Lacs)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lac is the 32935^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 696 individuals. Lac is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (90.95%) individuals.

Anagrams

• ACL, CLA, Cal, Cal., LCA, alc, cal, cal.

Noun

LAC pl (plural only)

(UK, education) Initialism of looked-after children.

Noun

LAC (uncountable)

(uncountable, chemistry) Acronym of L-acetylcarnitine. (acetylated L-carnitine)

Synonyms

(acetylated L-carnitine)

Proper noun

LAC

Initialism of Line of Actual Control.

Anagrams

• ACL, CLA, Cal, Cal., LCA, alc, cal, cal.

Source: Wiktionary

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Lac, Lakh (, n. Etym: [Hind. lak, lakh, laksh, Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.]

Definition: One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees. [Written also lack.] [East Indies]

Lac, n. Etym: [Per. lak; akin to Skr. laksha: cf. F. lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. Lake a color, Lacquer, Litmus.]

Definition: A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.

Note: Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state, incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum is called seed-lac. When melted, and reduced to a thin crust, it is called shell-lac or shellac. Lac is an important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes, varnishes, and lacquers. Ceylon lac, a resinous exudation of the tree Croton lacciferum, resembling lac.

– Lac dye, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.

– Lac lake, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated from its solutions by alum.

– Mexican lac, an exudation of the tree Croton Draco.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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