absorbent
adjective
nonabsorbent
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a word derived from
absorbent.
Example Sentences
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“I had been practicing this really nice illustration technique with an opaque watercolor on a nonabsorbent paper,” he recalls.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2018
As for the water issue, any garage floor coating will make the concrete nonabsorbent.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2016
Papyrus is nonabsorbent, so the ink is slightly raised on the surface.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2015
Irvin writes words on nonabsorbent synthetic paper and then smears the text with a squeegee.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2014
Another method is by first painting the article, after it has been rendered nonabsorbent, of a dark color made of Prussian blue, yellow ochre, and verditer, ground in oil.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
