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nonabsorbent

  • a word derived from absorbent.
    absorbent
    adjective
    capable of absorbing heat, light, moisture, etc.; tending to absorb.

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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

It is then filled into bottles which are tightly corked using nonabsorbent cotton.

From Free from School by Rahul Alvares

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