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metallized dye

metallized dye

9.1
A dye that contains a metal to give strong, long-lasting colour to fabric
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : tinte metalizado
  • The textile industry often uses metallized dye to produce more vibrant and colorfast fabrics.

Examples

  • When exposed to sunlight, fabric treated with metallized dye maintained its color longer than conventional dyes.

  • Researchers tested the properties of a new metallized dye in acid solutions.

  • The artist used a metallized dye for her fabric.

  • Have you ever tried metallized dyes in your projects?

  • The textile industry often uses metallized dye to produce more vibrant and colorfast fabrics.

  • Researchers tested the properties of a new metallized dye in acid solutions.

  • When exposed to sunlight, fabric treated with metallized dye maintained its color longer than conventional dyes.

Synonyms

dye
vsmetallized dye
85 2.0

A substance used to change the color of cloth or hair

is a narrower type used when a metal is bound in the color ion
acid dye
vsmetallized dye
  • Specialized
6.3

A dye used to color wool and silk that sticks to their natural fibers

adds a chelated metal atom inside that negatively charged ion
dyestuff
vsmetallized dye
7.7

A substance used to add color to cloth and hair

is the specific type with a metal atom chelated inside the negative color ion

Surface Forms

metallized dye singular
metallized dyes plural

Morphology

metallize + dye

The compound clearly reads as 'a dye that has been metallized'—i.e., a dye combined with or containing metal—so a learner who knows 'metallize' and 'dye' can infer the basic meaning. Although the precise technical detail (a chelated metal ion) is specialist vocabulary, the overall compositional sense is predictable from the constituents.

Etymology

Metallized dye comes from the image of a dye that holds a small metal atom inside it, like a thread holding a bead. Because the metal sits inside the dye, the color stays on fabric longer, so the term means a dye with metal that helps fabrics 'hold their color'.