resin
Example Sentences
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The acrylic paints are coated in resin sprinkled with glass dust, giving it a sparkling effect.
From Seattle Times
Scientists have found brains encased in fossilized tree resin, better known as amber, that were less than 66 million years old.
From New York Times
The flames moved fast, leaving no time to collect the thousands of plastic bags pinned to the trees to gather the precious resin.
From Seattle Times
You’d have to mix its two thick components — a polyamide hardener and an epoxy resin — and then carefully try to get it into the crack without making a mess.
From Seattle Times
Rotten seaweed pulled from the shore and resin pressed from lentisk, a tree mentioned in “Don Quixote,” are also part of his quest for local scents.
From New York Times
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