house painting
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1.6
- noun
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pintura de casas
- She'd had to learn how to fix the furnace, do some plumbing, and all the house painting.
- house painting brush
- house painting business
Examples
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During my arts years, my summers included jobs such as stevedoring, house painting, and driving a truck.
Blog text (9) -
I used to have a nice little house-painting business.
Fiction book (2002) -
Or you could keep at the house painting, and I could run the shop.
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I hired him one time to do some house painting.
Fiction book (1990) -
House painting pays more than IT and engineering right now.
Blog text (9) -
-Well, he sure flunked house painting.
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Well, my problem is that Mr. Piggott is having his house painted and the whole place reeks of it.
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After saving up for months, she finally decided to start a house painting project to refresh her home.
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He found great satisfaction in his house painting work, transforming dull walls into vibrant spaces.
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During the summer, I took a part-time job in house painting to earn some extra money.
Synonyms
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1.0
The job of putting paint on buildings or other surfaces
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2.5
Work covering something, like a car or wall, with color to make it look new
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Morphology
The meaning 'the work or occupation of painting houses' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'house' (a dwelling) with 'painting' (the activity of applying paint). This straightforward noun–noun compounding follows common English and cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
House painting comes from the simple, literal job of putting paint on a house. The phrase links house, meaning the building, and painting, meaning the act of adding paint, so today it means the 'work' or 'job' of painting the inside or outside of homes.