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SEE-THROUGH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does see-through mean?
• SEE-THROUGH (adjective)
The adjective SEE-THROUGH has 1 sense:
1. so thin as to transmit light
Familiarity information: SEE-THROUGH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
So thin as to transmit light
Synonyms:
cobwebby; diaphanous; filmy; gauze-like; gauzy; gossamer; see-through; sheer; transparent; vaporous; vapourous
Context example:
vaporous silks
Similar:
thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)
Context examples
It is literally a see-through galaxy.
(Dark Matter Goes Missing in Oddball Galaxy, NASA)
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