paintbrush

Noun

Meaning

a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

paint brush pencil broom fixative crayon applier camera lucida hairbrush colourise tassel raceme brushwork toothbrush maulstick
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Hypernyms

brush applier applicator

Phrases with the word

devil's paintbrush Flora's paintbrush sulfur paintbrush softleaf Indian paintbrush Texas Indian paintbrush

Examples

How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn't pull the trigger? Virginia Woolf

I think people would actually be surprised by what we put out. Unfortunately the shadow that the original founders cast was that they were just artists that can't write books so people swept the whole of Image with that paintbrush. Todd McFarlane

How to Draw a Picture (XII) Know when you're finished, and when you are, put your pencil or your paintbrush down. All the rest is only life. Stephen King

For me, it's better to wake up with a paintbrush than a knife in my hand. -Peeta. Suzanne Collins

Hey, son, what the hell is with your haircut? Did you see a paintbrush and say "I want that dude's look!" Trevor Noah

Don't let your tongue or your paintbrush wag your tail when they are making up an inventory. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

paintball round paintballer paintbox painted painted apple moth painted bat