Usually means: Shine or sheen of surface.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word luster:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. luster: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. luster: Merriam-Webster
  3. luster, luster: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. luster: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. luster: Collins English Dictionary
  6. luster: Vocabulary.com
  7. Luster, luster: Wordnik
  8. luster: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. luster: Wiktionary
  10. luster: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. luster: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. luster: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. luster: Dictionary.com
  14. luster: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. luster: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Luster (film), Luster (mineralogy), Luster (village), Luster: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Luster: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. luster: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. luster: Rhymezone
  20. luster: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. luster: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. luster: FreeDictionary.org
  23. luster: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. luster: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. luster: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. luster: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. A Faulkner Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. luster: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. luster: Medical dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Luster: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  3. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Luster: Gems and Precious Stones
  3. luster: Coin Collecting

(Note: See lustered as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.
noun:  (figurative) Shining light from within, luminosity, brightness, shine.
noun:  (figurative) Shining beauty, splendor, attractiveness or attraction.
noun:  (figurative) Shining fame, renown, glory.
noun:  (figurative) Polish, social refinement.
noun:  A thing exhibiting luster, particularly
noun:  (literary) Any shining body or thing.
noun:  A piece of glass added to a light (especially a chandelier) to increase its luster.
noun:  An ornamental light providing luster, especially a chandelier.
noun:  A substance that imparts luster to a surface, such as polish, gloss, plumbago, glaze, etc.
noun:  The layer of an object that imparts luster, chiefly with regard to ceramics.
noun:  A kind of lustrous fabric with a wool weft and cotton, linen, or silk warp, chiefly used for women's dresses.
noun:  (obsolete) A glory, an act or thing that imparts fame or renown.
verb:  (intransitive, now rare) To have luster, to gleam, to shine.
verb:  (intransitive, now rare) To gain luster, to become lustrous.
verb:  (transitive) To give luster, particularly
verb:  (obsolete) To make illustrious or attractive, to distinguish.
verb:  To coat with a lustrous material or glaze, to impart physical luster to an object.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To shed light on, to illustrate, to show.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) Synonym of lustrate, particularly
verb:  Synonym of purify, to ritually cleanse or renew.
verb:  Synonym of look, to look over, to survey.
noun:  (now rare) One who lusts, one inflamed with lust.
noun:  (obsolete) Synonym of den: a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals.
noun:  A surname from German.
noun:  Clipping of lusterware: highly lustrous ceramics. [A type of pottery having an iridescent metallic glaze]
noun:  Alternative form of lustrum: A five-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts. [(historical) A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census.]

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