lac

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.

   “At the turn of the century, the ever-expanding electrical industry was running low on shellac, a resin secreted by the female lac bug which could be used as an insulating material.”

2. Dated spelling of lakh.

   “[…] Lake [i.e., Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake] should not have leisure to breathe for a moment, and calamities would fall on lacs of human beings in continued war by the attacks of his army, which would overwhelm like the waves of the sea.”

   “The Laccadives and Maldives, for instance, meaning literally the "lac of islands" and the "thousand islands," are a series of such atolls; […]”

3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang)Clipping of Cadillac

   “Last night I was driving around in my lac.”

   “1992, Big Mello, Bone Hard Zaggin, Rap-A-Lot Records, track 5. "Mac's Drive 'Lac's" Macs drive lacs.”

   “The candy gloss is immaculate, it's simply amazing / Them elbows poking wide on that candy ’Lac”

4. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)Laceration.

   “hand lac”

5. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only)Initialism of looked-after children.
6. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of L-acetylcarnitine (“acetylated L-carnitine”).
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable)Abbreviation of leading aircraftman.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of licensed acupuncturist.

name

1. A province of Chad.
2. A surname.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Line of Actual Control.

   “Thousands of soldiers have been facing off since April on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), or the de facto border, including at the glacial Pangong Tso lake.”

   “However, a major sore point in Indo-Chinese relations remains an ongoing standoff at the countries' de facto border, the Line of Actual Control (LAC), in the Himalayas, which analysts say is indicative of a larger rivalry.”

4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Los Angeles, California.
5. (Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Los Angeles Clippers.