opaque

«opaque» in Mova's school dictionary: light cannot pass through it, so you cannot see through… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (opaque, more opaque, most opaque)

meaning for a pupil

1) Opaque means light cannot pass through it, so you cannot see through it, like wood or a brick wall. tree →

2) Hard to understand; not clear (used about words or ideas). tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in science lessons about light: materials are transparent (clear, like glass), translucent (some light gets through, like tracing paper) or opaque (no light gets through, like cardboard). Opaque objects make shadows. In everyday life: opaque curtains, opaque tights.

examples

• A brick is opaque. tree →
• Opaque objects block light and make shadows. tree →
• We tested which materials were transparent, translucent or opaque. tree →
• The bathroom window has opaque glass so nobody can see in. tree →
• Put the seeds in an opaque box to keep them in the dark. tree →
• Her answer was so opaque that nobody understood it. tree →
• Is aluminium foil opaque? tree →

note

Pronounced "oh-PAKE". Opposite: transparent. Middle step: translucent. A trap: dark is not the same as opaque; dark sunglasses are still see-through.

In the corpora

• When something opaque blocks the light, a dark area with no light forms behind it — a shadow.
• A shadow forms where an opaque object blocks the light.
• Transparent materials let light through, translucent ones let some through, and opaque ones block it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «opaque» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.