Lustre

Quick meaning: Lustre is a noun meaning British standard spelling of luster (shine, etc.).

Meaning

British standard spelling of luster (shine, etc.).

More Meanings

1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster.
2. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster: A 5-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts.
3. (British spelling, obsolete) Alternative form of luster: a den, a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals.

Example Sentences

On the ground floor, the library (a room in carved oak) is lighted by a lustre composed of twelve regenerative burners enclosed in tinted glasses.

...he went out through the unfamiliar hall, setting the chandelier clashing its dusty lustres with his hand, leaving a prismatic jangle behind him in the empty house.

In the centre is painted an eagle, from whose beak an elegant glass lustre chandelier is suspended. There are also ten smaller chandeliers in different parts of the room.

Various kinds of minerals differ in their lustre; iron pyrites are described as having a metallic lustre, glassy materials a vitreous lustre; others, such as opal, look resinous, and the lustres of yet others are described as being either pearly, or silky, or dull, like earth.

Word Forms

• lustres
• lustring
• lustred

Synonyms for lustre

Depending on context, synonyms include splendor, sheen, splendour, brilliancy, shininess, luster.

Antonyms for lustre

Common opposites include dullness, lacklustre.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shininess, sheen, luster, splendor, brilliancy, splendour.

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