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Meaning of Opaque | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
əʊˈpeɪk

Definitions

  1. An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
    obsolete, poetic
  2. Something which is opaque rather than translucent.

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Examples

“Through this opaque of Nature and of Soul, / This double night, transmit one pitying ray, / To lighten, and to cheer.”
“They can be obtained in various thicknesses and in many colors, including beautiful imitations of pearl, mother-of-pearl, veins and mottles, stratifications, roll stratifications, imitation corals, and all colors of translucents, transparents and opaques, grained ivory, shell (plain and corrugated mottle), onyx, wood effects, plaids, checks, stripes, metallic, bronze pearl plain, bronze pearl with fancy blocks, bronze pearl in veins and stripes, and what is called “essence pearl.””

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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