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WATER-REPELLENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water-repellent mean?
• WATER-REPELLENT (adjective)
The adjective WATER-REPELLENT has 1 sense:
1. hindering the penetration of water
Familiarity information: WATER-REPELLENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hindering the penetration of water
Synonyms:
water-repellent; water-resistant
Context example:
a water-repellent coat
Similar:
impermeable (preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through)
Context examples
The outer coat is water-repellent and the undercoat is dense.
(Golden Retriever, NCI Thesaurus)
The water-repellent long outer coat is flat, oily and slightly wavy with a thick oily undercoat.
(Newfoundland, NCI Thesaurus)
The coat is basically water-repellent and protects it from brambles.
(German Wirehaired Pointer, NCI Thesaurus)
Inspired by the water-repellent lotus leaf, the new surface works through a combination of nano-scale surface engineering and chemistry.
(Scientists Create Superbug-Resistant Self-Cleaning Surface, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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