luster

Multiple Entries:
  luster    lustre  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
luster

▶noun US spelling of lustre1, lustre2.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lustre1 (US luster)

▶noun

• 1 a gentle sheen or soft glow.

  ■ the manner in which the surface of a mineral reflects light.

• 2 a thin metallic coating giving an iridescent glaze to ceramics.

  ■ lustreware.

• 3 glory or distinction.

• 4 a fabric or yarn with a sheen.

  ■ Brit. a thin dress material of cotton and wool, with a glossy surface.

• 5 a prismatic glass pendant on a chandelier.

  ■ a cut-glass chandelier or candelabra.

– derivatives
lustred adjective,
lustreless adjective,
lustrous adjective,
lustrously adverb,
lustrousness noun.

– origin C16: from Fr., from Ital. lustro, from lustrare, from L. lustrare ‘illuminate’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lustre2 (US luster)

▶noun another term for lustrum.