Definition of paintbrush
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:a brush for applying paint
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:indian paintbrush 1
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Bubble wrap and sewing machines and stacks of paperbacks and coffee tins stuffed with paintbrushes.
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Betty Gaines, a 40-year resident of Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood, picked up a paintbrush and a tub of mint green paint.
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Scarlet Indian paintbrush and violet penstemon and beardtongue, plus handfuls of pearly everlasting and other white and yellow flowers, have joined them over the years.
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Kilmer is hardly the first actor to pick up a paintbrush.
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Then, using a small paintbrush, the researchers applied a smudge of crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon well on the wingtips and tails of half the birds and flew them alongside birds whose feathers were oil-free.
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A small paintbrush is best for applying the egg wash and final glaze.
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Juno is a science mission not an artist's easel and paintbrush.
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Local children go to tennis camps and take portraits among fields of bluebonnets and castilleja — the bright red flowering shoots known as Indian paintbrush.
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First Known Use of paintbrush
1815
PAINTBRUSH Defined for English Language Learners
paintbrush
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Definition of paintbrush for English Language Learners
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: a brush used for putting paint on a surface
PAINTBRUSH Defined for Kids
paintbrush
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paint·brush
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Definition of paintbrush for Students
:a tool with bristles that is used to apply paint
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See words that rhyme with paintbrush Spanish Central: Translation of paintbrush Nglish: Translation of paintbrush for Spanish speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about paintbrush
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