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paintbrush

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paint·​brush | \ ˈpānt-ˌbrəsh How to pronounce paintbrush (audio) \

Definition of paintbrush

1 : a brush for applying paint
2a : indian paintbrush sense 1
b : orange hawkweed

Examples of paintbrush in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web What is different about the current era of nude art is that women are often the ones wielding the camera or the paintbrush. — New York Times, "Will Instagram Ever ‘Free the Nipple’?," 22 Nov. 2019 Some 44,000 years ago, an artist climbed high onto a cave ledge on an Indonesian island, paintbrush in hand. — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, "World’s oldest hunting scene shows half-human, half-animal figures—and a sophisticated imagination," 11 Dec. 2019 Picasso picked a paintbrush to produce masterpieces. — Adam Baum, Cincinnati.com, "What we learned: Paul Scruggs sparks Xavier's best performance this season in a win over Towson," 22 Nov. 2019 Officials seized 54,352 paintbrushes made out of mongoose hair and 113 kilograms of raw mongoose hair. — Sibi Arasu, Quartz India, "Art kills around 100,000 mongooses in India every year," 17 Nov. 2019 Except that this time, there are a hundred quills, and a thousand paintbrushes. — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland, "Rock Hall puts the tools in the spotlight with stunning ‘Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll’: Chuck Yarborough," 22 Nov. 2019 Over the years, the company has expanded its brand and bought other leading brands, such as Dutch Boy, Pratt & Lambert, Krylon, Valspar, Purdy paintbrushes and Miniwax. — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, "History of Sherwin-Williams and Cleveland has been intertwined for 153 years," 12 Sep. 2019 Also photographed was a guitar and a paintbrush with the tagline What is art? — Dvorameyers, Longreads, "The Gymnast’s Position," 5 June 2019 To cut out some to create Piglet's stripes, use fabric paint of a darker color and drag your paintbrush horizontally along the front of the t-shirt. — Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping, "13 Disney-Inspired DIY Halloween Costumes for Adults," 24 July 2019

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First Known Use of paintbrush

1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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22 Jan 2020

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“Paintbrush.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paintbrush. Accessed 24 January 2020.

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paintbrush

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How to pronounce paintbrush (audio)

English Language Learners Definition of paintbrush

: a brush used for putting paint on a surface

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paintbrush

noun
paint·​brush | \ ˈpānt-ˌbrəsh How to pronounce paintbrush (audio) \

Kids Definition of paintbrush

: a tool with bristles that is used to apply paint

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