Usually means: Sheen or gloss; reflective quality.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word lustre:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. lustre: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lustre: Merriam-Webster
  3. lustre, lustre: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lustre: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lustre: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lustre: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lustre, lustre: Wordnik
  8. lustre: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lustre: Wiktionary
  10. lustre: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lustre: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Lustre, lustre: Dictionary.com
  13. Lustre (Claire Voyant album), Lustre (Ed Harcourt album), Lustre (code name), Lustre (file system), Lustre (mineralogy), Lustre (musical project), Lustre (programming language), Lustre: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Lustre: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. lustre: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. lustre: Rhymezone
  17. Lustre, lustre: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. lustre: FreeDictionary.org
  19. lustre: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. lustre: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lustre: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. LUSTRE: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. lustre: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. lustre: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lustre: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glass Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. lustre: Coin Collecting
  4. Lustre: Pottery Studio

(Note: See lustres as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (geology) 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.
noun:  A glass ornament such as a prism or cut glass dangling beneath a chandelier; usually in clusters or festoons.
noun:  (dated) A chandelier, particularly one decorated with glass lustres.
noun:  (British spelling) Alternative form of luster (shine, etc.) [The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.]
verb:  (British spelling) Alternative form of luster [(intransitive, now rare) To have luster, to gleam, to shine.]
noun:  (British spelling) Alternative form of luster: A 5-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts. [The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.]
noun:  (British spelling, obsolete) Alternative form of luster: a den, a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals. [The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.]

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