opaque
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6.6
- adjective
- /oʊˈpeɪk/
- It's a very nice opaque white eyeshadow.
- opaque paint
- opaque red
- opaque white
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Watch on YouTubeSuddenly this window goes, you know, opaque and it's like kind of foggy.
- Suddenly this window goes, you know, opaque and it's like kind of foggy.
- The Earth's atmosphere is opaque to many of them.
Examples
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And this is a very, very opaque formula.
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The paint dried to a smooth, opaque finish, completely covering the surface beneath.
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It's so black and opaque but comfortable.
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His huge night seeing eyes were opaque and dark.
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It's very opaque, which is good.
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This is gorgeous completely opaque, not see through at all.
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A thick sheet of lead was opaque, but a block of wood was relatively transparent.
Academic text (1991) -
The clouds broke, and the sun appeared as an opaque spinning disc in the sky.
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A sleek black car with opaque windows pulls into a parking slot several yards away.
Fiction book (1992) -
Cream concealers are very popular because they're the most opaque and least messy.
Synonyms
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7.0
So thick that you cannot see through it
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5.1
Not letting light pass through
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7.4
Not letting light pass through so you cannot see through it
Antonyms
Compounds
How Opaque
Surface Forms
Etymology
Opaque comes from the Latin opacus, which means 'shaded' or 'dark', so think of a window in deep shade that light cannot pass through. That is why opaque describes something that does not let light through.