invisible ink
An ink, invisible on application or soon thereafter, that can later be rendered…An ink, invisible on application or soon thereafter, that can later be rendered visible by some process, such as exposing it to heat.
» He wrote letters with invisible ink.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)An ink, invisible on application or soon thereafter, that can later be rendered visible by some process, such as exposing it to heat.
Geheimtinte
(countable, uncountable)An ink used in pranks that is visible at first but soon disappears.
Scherztinte
Examples
2 sentencesHe wrote letters with invisible ink.
Sami wrote in his diary using invisible ink.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From invisible + ink.From invisible + ink.
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Forms
plural: invisible inks| Singular | invisible ink |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.