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A cream spread on the skin
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sunblock
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Don't expose babies under six months to strong sunlight at all; after that they should wear a strong water-resistant sunblock . ▪ I never went out without my insect repellent and waterproof sunblock . ▪ If you don't want to get ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. a cream, to be spread on the skin, containing organic compounds that absorb, and/or titanium dioxide that reflects the sun’s ultraviolet radiation n. a cream, to be spread on the skin, containing organic compounds that absorb, and/or titanium dioxide ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn [syn: sunscreen , sun blocker ]
Usage examples of sunblock.
Margaret and I had plenty of fun rubbing sunblock on each other, our hands lingering over nipples and clits, finding the release we’d both sought since our shower together.
The longer the crowd was made to linger, the more soft drinks, angel food cake, T-shirts, Bibles, holy candles and sunblock they purchased.
The sunblock I had slathered on felt like ancient cold cream gone bad and starting to curdle.
He'd have a greasy canvas hat pulled down to shield his eyes, and a slathering of gunky white sunblock on his nose.
The humidity was uncommonly low for the Keys, and thanks in part to the protection of the thick flame-red canopy of poinciana that arched over the compound, we were just hot enough that the gentle steady breezes were welcome as much for their coolness as for the cycling symphony of pleasing scents they carried: sea salt, frangipani, fried conch fritters, Erin's rose garden, iodine, coral dust, lime, sunblock, five different kinds of coffee, the indescribable but distinctive bouquet of a Cuban sandwich being pressed somewhere upwind, excellent marijuana in a wooden pipe, and just a soupcon of distant moped exhaust.
But here he is on a beach in the Sultanate of Kinakuta, down below Tom Howard's personal citadel, dipped in sunblock and Dramamined to the gills, getting ready to return.