semitransparent
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4.3
- adjective
- /ˌsɛmɪtrænˈspɛrənt/
:
semitransparente
- The curtains were made of a semitransparent fabric that allowed soft light to filter into the room.
- semitransparent gate
Examples
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Sunlight passing through the semitransparent leaves cast green pie slices and pincushion triangles on an understory of red and blue globe pagodas, muting their vivid colors.
Fiction book (2001) -
He rose above the semitransparent pagoda leaves.
Fiction book (2001) -
Who hovers there, semitransparent, watching the efforts of everyone below.
Fiction book (1995) -
Her own eyelids seemed to be semitransparent sheets, shutting over and over, in layers.
Fiction book (1999) -
Pushing up on the leaf that had just blanketed him, Kieran looked through its thin, semitransparent material.
Fiction book (1998) -
As his wings folded up, he stared towards the giant cathedral tree through the semitransparent leaves overhead.
Fiction book (1998) -
The sun threw its raspberry light across the clouds; the moon could barely be seen, as it can during twilight, as a semitransparent wafer.
Fiction book (1998) -
Waste designated for recycling and incineration is separated and placed in transparent or semitransparent plastic bags and left at the curbside for government pickup or brought to designated curbside stations.
Academic text (2001) -
She used a semitransparent sheet of plastic to cover the windows while still letting some daylight in.
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The semitransparent screen on the window provided a sense of privacy without blocking out all the light.
Synonyms
30
4.8
Allows light to pass through but makes objects behind it unclear
12
4.0
Very thin and almost see-through, like light fabric
7
6.7
Very thin and light, often letting light pass through like a curtain
Letting some light through but not fully clear
Partly transparent fabric that lets some light through while giving some privacy
Letting only some light pass so you can only see shapes through it
Antonyms
How Transparent
Surface Forms
Morphology
semitransparent = transparent (transparent) = semi + transparent
The meaning is a straightforward combination of 'semi-' and 'transparent', indicating partial transparency.
Etymology
Semitransparent combines semi- meaning 'partly' and transparent meaning 'see through'. So, a semitransparent object lets some light through but you cannot see clearly through it.