paintbrush
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- noun
- /ˈpeɪntˌbrʌʃ/
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pincel (artístico)
- We've got the tiniest little paintbrush and all these beautiful colors.
- Indian paintbrush
- artist's paintbrush
- paintbrush in hand
When he paints, he puts a a brush, a paintbrush in his mouth and paints with his mouth.
- When he paints, he puts a a brush, a paintbrush in his mouth and paints with his mouth.
- I've got Gray paint in hand, a paintbrush.
- Just with a, you know, with a paintbrush and a bucket and do, you know, whatever I could?
- I'm using a combination of the brush tool, paintbrush tool, and also the pen tool.
- I've had a paintbrush stuck in my eye.
Examples
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Oh, she was never happier than when she had a paintbrush in her hand.
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You can also use a really flexible paintbrush and you can just take this and just brush that soil off.
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All right, what you are going to need for this look is a little paintbrush, some water and of course some black light paint.
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I was always pretty fair with a paintbrush.
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Ask students who do not play to pretend they are holding a paintbrush.
Academic text (2014) -
I stepped to the side, the paintbrush still in my hand.
Fiction book (1995) -
We dip our paintbrush in the water and then we change colour.
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OK, well, I'm going to get a paintbrush, I think, just to brush off all the dust from around here.
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See, I got these to do that, but I just find that paintbrushes are usually a lot better for kind of fine line detail work.
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He carefully applied the bright blue paint with a paintbrush to create a stunning ocean scene.
Synonyms
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A tool with bristles used for cleaning, painting, or arranging hair
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A brush with short, stiff hairs for cleaning or painting rough surfaces
A small brush with short hairs for painting fine details
A long thin paint brush used for painting very fine lines like the ropes on a ship
Compounds
A plant in dry western United States areas with straight stems and groups of bright red and orange flowers
A wildflower of western North America with ragged clusters of bright red flowers
A hairy plant with pinkish flowers that grows on the Great Plains and in northern Mexico
How Wide
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Paintbrush is simply the two words paint and brush put together, and it literally means a 'brush' for 'painting'. That's why a paintbrush is the tool with bristles that holds paint and puts color on a wall or canvas.