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What is the adjective for stain?

What's the adjective for stain? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb stain which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

stainable
  1. Able to be stained.
  2. Able to produce stains. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. Examples:
    1. “They are known as argentaffin cells, because they are selectively stainable with silver salts.”
      “Tiny vessels smaller than 6 m diameter without clearly visible and stainable cell wall thickenings were neglected.”
      “During cell division, the stainable, inactive DNA appears in the form of threads or rods called chromosomes.”
stained
stainless
  1. Describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration.
  2. Unmarked, spotless.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Needle holders and forceps made with tungsten carbide grasp more securely and are more durable than those made with stainless steel.”
      “I avoid Mr. Abercrombie, with his stainless shirt and sweatless brow, and retreat to the safety of my own backyard where the neighbors are used to the hairy beast that roams our side of the fence.”
stainproof
  1. Resistant to stains.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Tile grout is neither waterproof nor stainproof, so it usually must be sealed.”
stainy
  1. (rare) That easily stains
  2. Examples:
    1. “Starapples are a soft fleshy fruit that have a stainy skin, they grow on a large tree and she was fond of them.”
      “And because it's a stay-put cream, not a stainy liquid, there's no drip, no dread, no mess, no guess to it.”
staining
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