oil paint
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3.3
- noun
- /ɔɪl peɪnt/
- Specialized
:
pintura al óleo
- The artist carefully mixed different colors of oil paint for her landscape masterpiece.
- the use of oil paint
This will not fully dry the oil paint, but it'll help.
- This will not fully dry the oil paint, but it'll help.
- I find that it enhances any type of dryness I have going on and it also smells like oil paint, which I really don't like.
Examples
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A can of oil paint - Aunt Olga painted her house with it.
Fiction book (1998) -
Brushstrokes of brown and yellow cover the lawn like thick splashes of oil paint.
Fiction book (2000) -
Occasionally, oil paint is used.
Academic text (2010) -
This will not fully dry the oil paint, but it'll help.
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The Back of the Storm was done with oil paint on canvas in 1985 by April Gornik.
Blog text (20) -
After some time, he opened his small box of oil paints and began to try mixing the green of Babette's dress.
Fiction book (1994) -
I got my easel and oil paints down from the attic.
Blog text (31) -
The artist has worked largely on his own and has developed his own methods of using oil paints on canvas, calico, or card.
Academic text (1997) -
In the oil paint sample we collected, we found both badger hair and nylon bristles.
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A yellow light illuminated the walls, which were painted halfway up in green oil paint and hung with portraits of the leaders of the Yishuv.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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4.8
Paint made by mixing color with a fat that dries slowly, used by artists
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3.4
A paint made by mixing color with oil that artists use
How Opaque
- Specialized
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9.4
- Specialized
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3.3
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3.2
- UK
- Specialized
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6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is a straightforward modifier–noun compound: 'oil' (a fatty liquid medium) + 'paint' (pigmented coating) => paint made with oil. This compositional pattern is common in English and other languages and involves no idiomatic shift, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Oil paint comes from mixing paint with oil, so the color was rich and the paint stayed wet longer for easy blending. That's why oil paint means 'paint made with oil' and is used for deep colors and smooth blends.