Meaning

5 senses
  1. An acrylic resin.

  2. A paint containing an acrylic resin.

    When it comes to painting, I prefer using acrylics as my medium.

  3. A painting executed using such a paint.

  4. A thick sheet of plastic.

  5. A liquid coating system based on an acrylic resin.

More definitions
  • a synthetic fabric made from polyacrylonitrile
  • used especially by artists
  • a glassy thermoplastic; can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives
  • polymerized from acrylonitrile

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Use acrylic paint.

    Скористайся акриловою фарбою.

    ruИспользуйте акриловую краску.

    deBenutzen Sie Acrylfarbe.

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  2. The watch has an acrylic crystal.

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  3. Her acrylic paintings are impressive, but she hasn't quite mastered watercolour yet.

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  4. Acrylic dries to a glossy finish.

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  5. Acrylic paint dries faster than oil paint.

    ruАкриловая краска высыхает быстрее масляной.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From acryl + -ic, from acrolein, from Latin acer (“sharp”) + olere (“to smell”).

From acryl + -ic, from acrolein, from Latin acer (“sharp”) + olere (“to smell”).

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Forms

plural: acrylics
Singularacrylic
Pluralacrylics

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmodacrylic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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