impermeable

Modifies a noun

• catchment: Generally 5-month totals are close to long term minima in impermeable catchments across much of the country.
• membrane: A videogame character is the impermeable, infinitely thin membrane that lets you swim in the digital world.
• clay: Fish ponds were dug in the impermeable clay in the lower part of the site.
• layer: Protection of ground water at the landfill site is relatively easily achieved by an impermeable polymer layer below the site.
• barrier: This may either consist of a natural impermeable clay barrier or more frequently on modern sites, may also include a flexible membrane liner.
• surface: The impermeable surface of the paved streets increased runoff.

Modifying Another Word

• virtually: It is now a requirement to use Virtually Impermeable Film in methyl bromide treatments.
• relatively: This gray and relatively impermeable Chalk was the main tunneling horizon for the Channel Tunnel.
• almost: The finished surface is almost impermeable, resistant to frost and repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
• completely: Ideal for domestic garages, the finished floor is glossy, seamless, and completely impermeable.
• totally: The finished surface is totally impermeable, resistant to frost and repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
• essentially: It is more likely that dolomitisation fronts formed on the sides of the fault-controlled pathway, with the unaltered marbles remaining essentially impermeable.

Used with adjective complement

• become: The seed coat hardens and becomes impermeable as the seeds ripen.
• make: He points out that many people can avoid illness simply by ensuring that the basement of dwellings is made impermeable to such gases.
• remain: It is more likely that dolomitisation fronts formed on the sides of the fault-controlled pathway, with the unaltered marbles remaining essentially impermeable.