acrylic
adjective
of or derived from acrylic acid.
acrylics
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pluralof acrylic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Participants are provided with an art pack full of supplies like acrylics, pencils, watercolours and pastels with the condition that they create up to four pieces of artwork.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
His depictions of familiar images, often made in a palette of bright acrylics, earned him the mantle of one of the fathers of British pop art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The basic materials -- usually epoxies or acrylics -- come mostly from petrochemical feedstocks.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
But also missing is an example of the bright, abstract acrylics Sam Gilliam saturated into expanses of cotton duck or linen, which he gathered and draped from the ceiling and across the wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
He paints very swiftly, in violent eye-burning acrylics, reds and pinks and purples, in frenzied loops and swirls.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
