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SPRAY PAINTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spray painting mean?
• SPRAY PAINTING (noun)
The noun SPRAY PAINTING has 1 sense:
1. applying paint with a sprayer
Familiarity information: SPRAY PAINTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Applying paint with a sprayer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("spray painting" is a kind of...):
painting (the act of applying paint to a surface)
spraying (the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer)
Context examples
Like spray painting, the device is used by directing its nozzle at the desired surface during operation, causing a fibre mat to be deposited onto that surface.
(Scientists Develop Spray Gun to Paint Bandages onto Wounds, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In spray painting, pressurised gas forces direct particles towards a surface, creating a sort of deposited material.
(Scientists Develop Spray Gun to Paint Bandages onto Wounds, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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