anti-scratch

Prevents surface damage

Anti-scratch describes materials or coatings designed to resist scratching: anti-scratch lenses, anti-scratch screen protector.

The term appears most often with eyeglasses, phone screens, and other surfaces prone to damage from everyday contact.

Sometimes hyphenated, sometimes not.

coatings

protective film

Thin transparent covering

sealant · ceramic coating · hardcoat · lacquer · varnish · tempered glass · oleophobic · hydrophobic · UV protection · matte finish

materials

Gorilla Glass

Durable device screen material

carbon fiber · Kevlar · polycarbonate · acrylic · resin · brushed metal · tempered · reinforced · composite · alloy

surfaces

lenses

Curved transparent refractors

furniture · flooring · countertop · laptop · tablet · camera lens · sunglasses · windshield · display · touchscreen

pets

bitter apple

Acrid gourd used medicinally

pet barrier · corner protector · motion sensor · double-sided tape · behavior modification

Categories
Opposites
scratch vulnerability

anti-scratchscratchable

Able to be scored

delicate · fragile · vulnerable · soft · damageable

protective function

anti-scratchuncoated

Without protective layer

untreated · unprotected · bare · exposed · raw

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G