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Impermeable

adjective
1.
Preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through.  "An impermeable layer of scum" , "A coat impermeable to rain"



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"Impermeable" Quotes from Famous Books



... attempts to obtain water from wells or borings in the neighbourhood have invariably failed. The water which is found in this basin, held by capillary attraction in the permeable strata through which it soaks till the hard impermeable stratum is met—retained, in short, in a natural reservoir—is excellent in quality, limpid and sparkling. Puerto has been supplied from the place for time out of mind, and Puerto has been so well supplied that it could afford to sell panting Cadiz its surplus. With ...
— Romantic Spain - A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) • John Augustus O'Shea


Words linked to "Impermeable" :   water-resistant, tight, impervious, permeable, retentive, water-repellent, imperviable, impermeability


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