Meaning & use
Opaline
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Resembling opal, especially in showing a milky, iridescent play of colors.
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The lamp cast an opaline glow across the room.
She admired the opaline sheen of the antique glass vase.
A note on using this word
Also used as a noun for a type of milky-white glass popular in 19th-century decorative art.
Words with a similar meaning
iridescentpearly
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Words with an opposite meaning
dull
Another way to use it
2. noun
A milky, translucent glass resembling opal.
The collector displayed a shelf of French opaline from the 1800s.
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