'Japan' definitions:
Definition of 'Japan'
(from WordNet)
noun
A string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean [syn: Japan, Japanese Islands, Japanese Archipelago]
noun
A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon, Nihon]
noun
Lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
noun
Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
verb
Coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan
Definition of 'Japan'
From: GCIDE
- Japan \Ja*pan"\ (j[.a]*p[a^]n"), n. [From Japan, the country.] Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Japan'
From: GCIDE
- Japan \Ja*pan"\, a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware. [1913 Webster]
- Japan allspice (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan (Chimonanthus fragrans), related to the Carolina allspice.
- Japan black (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; -- called also Brunswick black, Japan lacquer, or simply Japan.
- Japan camphor, ordinary camphor brought from China or Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called borneol or Borneo camphor.
- Japan clover, or Japan pea (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about
- 1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover.
- Japan earth. See Catechu.
- Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry.
- Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the poison sumac. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Japan'
From: GCIDE
- Japan \Ja*pan"\, a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware. [1913 Webster]
- Japan allspice (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan (Chimonanthus fragrans), related to the Carolina allspice.
- Japan black (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; -- called also Brunswick black, Japan lacquer, or simply Japan.
- Japan camphor, ordinary camphor brought from China or Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called borneol or Borneo camphor.
- Japan clover, or Japan pea (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about
- 1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover.
- Japan earth. See Catechu.
- Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry.
- Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the poison sumac. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Japan'
From: GCIDE
Words containing 'Japan'
- Japanned,
- Japanning,
- Japan allspice,
- Japan black,
- Japan camphor,
- Japan clover,
- Japan current,
- Japan earth,
- Japan globeflower,
- Japan ink,
- Japan lacquer,
- Japan medlar,
- Japan pea,
- Japan quince,
- Japan varnish,
- Japanned leather,
- bank of japan,
- capital of japan,
- japan bittersweet,
- japan cedar,
- japan tallow,
- japan trench,
- japan wax,
- sea of japan