lustre

Meaning of lustre

noun
  1. Shine, polish or sparkle.
    He polished the brass doorknob to a high luster.
  2. By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor.
    After so many years in the same field, the job had lost its luster.
  3. Refinement, polish or quality.
    He spoke with all the lustre a seasoned enthusiast should have.
  4. A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, etc. generally of an ornamental character.
  5. A substance that imparts lustre to a surface, such as plumbago or a glaze.
  6. Lusterware.
  7. A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, used for women's dresses.
verb
  1. To gleam, have luster.
  2. To give luster, distinguish.
  3. To give a coating or other treatment to impart physical luster.

noun

A lustrum, quinquennium, a period of five years, originally the interval between Roman censuses.

noun

One who lusts.

noun
  1. The way in which the surface of any particular type of mineral reflects light differently from other minerals, which is helpful in telling minerals apart.
  2. A glass ornament such as a prism or cut glass dangling beneath a chandelier; usually in clusters or festoons
  3. A chandelier, particularly one decorated with glass lustres
noun
  1. Shine, polish or sparkle.
    He polished the brass doorknob to a high luster.
  2. By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor.
    After so many years in the same field, the job had lost its luster.
  3. Refinement, polish or quality.
    He spoke with all the lustre a seasoned enthusiast should have.
  4. A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, etc. generally of an ornamental character.
  5. A substance that imparts lustre to a surface, such as plumbago or a glaze.
  6. Lusterware.
  7. A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, used for women's dresses.

noun

A lustrum, quinquennium, a period of five years, originally the interval between Roman censuses.

noun

One who lusts.

Information about lustre

Hyphenation of lustre

lus-tre

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • lustre is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

lustre synonyms

Meaning luster:

luster, brilliancy, splendor

Meaning shininess:

shininess, sheen, luster

lustre antonyms

Meaning :

dullness

Anagrams of lustre

luster, luters, result, rustle, sutler, Ulster, ulster

Words that rhyme with lustre

stre, Delastre, Eastre, arrastre, astre, encastre, estre, aplustre, balaustre, illustre, rustre, balustre

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