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PAINTBRUSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paintbrush mean?
• PAINTBRUSH (noun)
The noun PAINTBRUSH has 1 sense:
1. a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint)
Familiarity information: PAINTBRUSH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A brush used as an applicator (to apply paint)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("paintbrush" is a kind of...):
applicator; applier (a device for applying a substance)
brush (an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle)
Context examples
I have seen Harrison called from his bunk to put properly away a misplaced paintbrush, and the two watches below haled from their tired sleep to accompany him and see him do it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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