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# opaque

adjective (opaque, more opaque, most opaque)

«opaque» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Opaque means light cannot pass through it, so you cannot see through it, like wood or a brick wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opaque/#m1)
2. Hard to understand; not clear (used about words or ideas). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opaque/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opaque/#x1)
- Opaque objects block light and make shadows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opaque/#x2)
- We tested which materials were transparent, translucent or opaque. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opaque/#x3)
- The bathroom window has opaque glass so nobody can see in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opaque/#x4)
- Put the seeds in an opaque box to keep them in the dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opaque/#x5)
- Her answer was so opaque that nobody understood it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opaque/#x6)
- Is aluminium foil opaque? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opaque/#x7)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «opaque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opaque/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«opaque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opaque.html) on Mova free.