paintbrush

noun

paint·​brush ˈpānt-ˌbrəsh How to pronounce paintbrush (audio)
1
: a brush for applying paint
2

Examples of paintbrush in a Sentence

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Just as the paintbrush was replaced by the camera, so too is the camera being replaced by AI. Evan J. Schwartz, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025 When your hands are covered in flour, holding a paintbrush, or gripping a climbing wall, your phone is simply unavailable. Marina Cooley, CNBC, 5 July 2025 The Rams linebacker delicately gripped a paintbrush, dipped it into a cup of green paint, and began filling the outline of a bird traced onto a wall of an Altadena school rebounding from the Eaton fire. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025 But a new likeness of the monarch marks the first time a humanoid robot has wielded the paintbrush. Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for paintbrush

Word History

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of paintbrush was in 1815

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“Paintbrush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paintbrush. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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paintbrush

noun
paint·​brush ˈpānt-ˌbrəsh How to pronounce paintbrush (audio)
1
: a brush for applying paint
2

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