luster (noun)

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• luster — noun 1) her hair lost its luster Syn: sheen, gloss, shine, glow, gleam, shimmer, burnish, polish, patina See note at polish Ant: dullness 2) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• luster ware — luster ware, or lus|ter|ware «LUHS tuhr WAIR», noun. a kind of china or pottery that has a lustrous, metallic, often iridescent surface …   Useful english dictionary

• luster — noun US spelling of lustre1, lustre2 …   English new terms dictionary

• luster — noun (singular, uncountable) the American spelling of lustre …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• luster blue — noun : a moderate blue that is redder and duller than average copen and redder and deeper than azurite blue or Dresden blue …   Useful english dictionary

• luster wool — noun : coarse glossy wool from long wool sheep (as Lincoln and Leicester) called also braid wool …   Useful english dictionary

• luster pottery — noun see lusterware …   Useful english dictionary

• luster — I. noun or lustre Etymology: Middle English lustre, from Latin lustrum Date: 14th century a period of five years ; lustrum 2 II. noun or lustre Etymology: Middle French lustre, from Old Italian lustro, from …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• luster — 1. noun a) Shine, polish or sparkle. He polished the brass doorknob to a high luster. b) By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor. After so many years in the same field, the job had …   Wiktionary

• luster — {{11}}luster (n.1) gloss, radiance, 1520s, from M.Fr. lustre gloss, radiance (14c.), common Romanic (Cf. Sp., Port. lustre, Rum. lustru, It. lustro splendor, brilliancy ), from L. lustrare spread light over, brighten, illumine, related to lucere… …   Etymology dictionary

• luster — lus|ter [ lʌstər ] noun uncount 1. ) a shiny appearance 2. ) MAINLY LITERARY the feeling that something special and impressive is happening: The rain did not add to the luster of the occasion …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English