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paintbrush

paint·brush
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [peynt-bruhsh]
    • /ˈpeɪntˌbrʌʃ/
    • /ˈpeɪnt.brʌʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [peynt-bruhsh]
    • /ˈpeɪntˌbrʌʃ/

Definitions of paintbrush word

  • noun paintbrush a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures. 1
  • noun paintbrush any plant of the genus Castilleja. 1
  • noun paintbrush artist's brush 1
  • noun paintbrush decorator's brush 1
  • noun Technical meaning of paintbrush (graphics, tool)   A Microsoft Windows tool for creating bitmap graphics. 1
  • countable noun paintbrush A paintbrush is a brush which you use for painting. 0
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Origin of paintbrush

First appearance:

before 1820
One of the 38% newest English words
First recorded in 1820-30; paint + brush1

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Parts of speech for Paintbrush

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Paintbrush

paintbrush popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

paintbrush usage trend in Literature

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Related words

  • devil's paintbrush

    a perennial European hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) with leafless flower stalks bearing a cluster of orange-red heads: now a common weed in N U.S. and Canada

  • figwort family

    the plant family Scrophulariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having alternate or opposite leaves, often showy two-lipped or irregular flowers, fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the figwort, foxglove, Indian paintbrush, mullein, speedwell, and snapdragon.

  • indian paintbrush

    any of several semiparasitic plants belonging to the genus Castilleja, of the figwort family, as C. linariaefolia, of the western U.S.: the state flower of Wyoming.

  • manhelper

    a long pole for holding a paintbrush, used in painting areas otherwise out of ordinary reach.

  • orange hawkweed

    a European composite plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, having orange, dandelionlike flowers, growing as a weed, especially in eastern North America.

  • painted cup

    any of several semiparasitic plants of the genus Castilleja, of the figwort family, having highly colored dilated bracts about the flowers.
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