Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [air-bruhsh]
- /ˈɛərˌbrʌʃ/
- /ˈeə.brʌʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [air-bruhsh]
- /ˈɛərˌbrʌʃ/
Definitions of airbrush word
- countable noun airbrush An airbrush is an artist's tool which sprays paint onto a surface. 3
- verb airbrush To airbrush a photograph or other image means to change it using an airbrush, especially to make it more beautiful or perfect. 3
- noun airbrush an atomizer for spraying paint or varnish by means of compressed air 3
- verb airbrush to paint or varnish (something) by using an airbrush 3
- verb airbrush to improve the image of (a person or thing) by concealing defects beneath a bland exterior 3
- noun airbrush a kind of atomizer operated by compressed air and used for spraying on paint or other liquid 3
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Origin of airbrush
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90; air1 + brush1
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Parts of speech for Airbrush
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
airbrush popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for airbrush
noun airbrush
- spray gun — a device consisting of a container from which paint or other liquid is sprayed through a nozzle by air pressure from a pump.
- atomizer — a device for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, such as the nozzle used to feed oil into a furnace or an enclosed bottle with a fine outlet used to spray perfumes or medicines
- diffuser — a person or thing that diffuses.
- spray — a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.
verb airbrush
- colour — The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.
- color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- blend — If you blend substances together or if they blend, you mix them together so that they become one substance.
- touch up — the act or state of touching; state or fact of being touched.
- cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
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