Luster

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Soft reflected light; sheen.
  • n. Brilliance or radiance of light; brightness.
  • n. Glory, radiance, distinction, or splendor, as of achievement, reputation, or beauty.
  • n. A glass pendant, especially on a chandelier.
  • n. A decorative object, such as a chandelier, that gives off light.
  • n. Any of various substances, such as wax or glaze, used to give an object a gloss or polish.
  • n. The surface glossiness of ceramic ware after glazing, especially the metallic sheen of lusterware.
  • n. A fabric, such as alpaca, having a glossy surface.
  • n. The appearance of a mineral surface judged by its brilliance and ability to reflect light.
  • v. To give a gloss, glaze, or sheen to.
  • v. To give or add glory, radiance, distinction, or splendor to.
  • verb-intransitive. To be or become lustrous.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A lustrum, quinquennium, a period of five years, originally the interval between Roman censuses
  • n. One who lusts.
  • n. Shine, polish or sparkle.
  • n. By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor.
  • n. Refinement, polish or quality.
  • v. To gleam, have luster
  • v. To give luster, distinguish
  • v. To give a coating or other treatment to impart physical luster
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who lusts.
  • n. A period of five years; a lustrum.
  • n. Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.
  • n. Renown; splendor; distinction; glory.
  • n. A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character.
  • n. The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.
  • n. A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as graphite and some of the glazes.
  • n. A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses.
  • v. To make lustrous.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who lusts; one inflamed with lust.
  • n. The quality of shining; brilliancy or refulgence, from inherent constitution or artificial polish; splendor; glow; sheen; gloss: as, the luster of the stars, or of gold.
  • n. In mineralogy, a variation in the nature of the reflecting surface of minerals.
  • n. The state or quality of being illustrious or famous; brilliant distinction; brilliancy, as of a person, a deed, an event, or the like.
  • n. A branched candelabrum or chandelier or namented with prisms or pendants of glass.
  • n. The quality of glossiness or brilliancy in a textile material or in a finished fabric: as, the luster of wool or of satin.
  • n. A thin and light kind of poplin.
  • n. Synonyms Refulgence.
  • n. Glory, celebrity.
  • n. 1 and Effulgence, Brilliance, etc. See radiance.
  • To impart luster or gloss to.
  • n. Same as lustrum.
  • n. The den or abode of a wild beast.
  • n. A material applied to the surface of something in order to produce a lustrous appearance.
  • n. In ceramics, a metallic glaze containing gold applied to pottery or porcelain.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a quality that outshines the usual
  • n. the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
  • n. a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
    • Equivalent
    lustre   
    Antonym
    lackluster    dullness   
    Verb Form
    lusters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    brightness    refulgency    refulgence    shine    radiance    effulgence    radiancy    glaze   
    Form
    lusterware    lackluster    lustreware   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lustrum    brilliancy    splendor    brightness    glitter    renown    distinction    glory   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Buster    Custer    adjuster    bluster    buster    cluster    duster    fluster    juster    lustre   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sheen    lustre    radiance    effulgence    shimmer    iridescence    luminescence    brilliancy    whiteness    shine   
     
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