oil painting
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- noun
- /ɔɪl ˈpeɪntɪŋ/
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pintura al óleo
- Did he show you his priceless collection of Ming vases and all those rare oil paintings?
What we're looking at is the most beautiful oil painting on loan to us by the Getty Museum, California, showing the adoration of the Magi.
- What we're looking at is the most beautiful oil painting on loan to us by the Getty Museum, California, showing the adoration of the Magi.
- Came to our town once a year trying to sell oil paintings, you know, olive oil though, you know, and homemade oils and shit.
Examples
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Quiet opulence furnished the room with its Chinese carpets, heavy bronze fittings, oil paintings, and polished cherry oak table.
Fiction book (1994) -
As he makes his way to the top, Indiana examines the bizarre oil paintings that line the wall.
Fiction book (1990) -
A woman stands across the way, studying an oil painting.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Is this one of yours?" She was looking at an oil painting, framed and hanging on the wall.
Fiction book (1993) -
There were probably two oil paintings on either side of the magistrate's seat.
Academic text (1994) -
I just bought the most gorgeous oil painting at my local flea market this weekend!
Blog text (7) -
What we're looking at is the most beautiful oil painting on loan to us by the Getty Museum, California, showing the adoration of the Magi.
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One of the most famous oil paintings of the early 1950s was Wojciech Fangor's Postaci (Persons).
Academic text (1990) -
Charlotte steps into a dim hallway lined with oil paintings, carpeted with a Persian runner, and lit by three antique sconces.
Fiction book (2000) -
The gallery displayed a stunning oil painting of a sunset over the ocean.
Synonyms
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1.0
A picture made with paint on canvas or paper
81
3.0
A painting or sculpture that shows an artist's idea
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3.9
An oil painting on cloth stretched over a frame
How Textured
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'oil' + 'painting' clearly yield the general idea of a painting made with oil-based paints, so much of the meaning is compositional. However, the provided sense (a digital/AI-generated image imitating the oil-paint style rather than real oil paint) is a specialized, non-literal extension that a B1 learner who only knows the words would not reliably predict.
Etymology
Oil painting originally named a picture made by putting paint mixed with oil onto a canvas or panel. So the finished work is called an oil painting, meaning 'a picture created by applying oil-based paints to a surface'.