blob of paint
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- noun
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gota de pintura
- After mixing the colors, she squeezed a blob of paint onto her palette for the next layer.
Examples
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While Jackson Pollock's work has certainly drawn its share of criticism for obvious reasons, any person that can shower a canvas with blobs of paint and then sell it for 7 figures probably doesn't care very much about what other people think.
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The artist added a blob of paint to the canvas to create depth in her landscape.
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With a gentle stroke, he applied a blob of paint that brightened the entire picture.
Synonyms
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2.0
A small solid piece of something without a regular shape
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3.5
A soft, shapeless lump of something like paint or jelly
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4.8
A small thick sticky piece of something like honey or paint
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7.2
A small round drop of liquid
A small round object like a marble or bead
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Morphology
The meaning 'a small, rounded mass of paint' is directly derivable from the constituent words: 'blob' (a lump) + 'of' (linking) + 'paint' (the substance). This straightforward compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the component words.
Etymology
Blob of paint comes from the simple image of squeezing a tube or tapping a brush so a small round blob of paint falls onto paper or cloth. So when you call something a blob of paint, you mean a small 'lump' or 'drop' of paint.