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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
acrylics
noun
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▪ And in the midst of all this feverish activity -- the fast-drying acrylics force him to work quickly -- a picture emerges.
▪ For the remainder of the painting I use acrylics.
▪ Liquid acrylics can open up a whole new world of possibilities.
▪ Plastics in the Age of Mrs Robinson is acrylics in ours.
▪ Similarly, Colescott paints big, lush narrative acrylics on canvas, hard-hitting narrative works that travel across time and history.
▪ The acrylics are treated as watercolours.
▪ The ambitious show includes paintings in oils and acrylics, and monotypes on paper.
▪ The development of liquid acrylics expands the possibilities further.
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acrylics

n. (plural of acrylic English)

Usage examples of "acrylics".

With a sigh I dug out of the mess an unused plastic rubbish bag and, instead of its normal light load of paint-cleaning tissues, filled it with the debris of ruined acrylics and everything small but broken.

Masonite did not deteriorate over time the way canvas did, and acrylics retained their true colors far better than oil-based paints.

He started feeling sick again, and he was tempted to run back inside the house and call the police or at least grab his acrylics, just in case Smoke figured he'd been tricked.

Her nails, I noticed, were very long and pink, thick enough to suggest acrylics or poorly done silk overlays.