oil paint

noun

: paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle

Examples of oil paint in a Sentence

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Hitler surrounded himself not with charts and statistics, but with icons of Germany’s glorious past captured in oil paint like insects in amber. Bryce Hoffman, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025 Most of these sets come with different types of paints, including oil paints, watercolors and acrylics. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 June 2025 Instead of applying thick globs of paint to the canvas, Turner painted multiple layers of a thin, watery oil paint mixture. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025 These paths have included, so far, working with hair lotion, shea-butter soap, wax, shelving, at least one piano, mirrors, tiles, vinyl records, and old wooden floors as well as such conventional art products as oil paint and canvas. Belinda Luscombe, Time, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oil paint

Word History

First Known Use

1759, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of oil paint was in 1759

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“Oil paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20paint. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

oil paint

noun
: paint made with a drying oil
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