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oil paint
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oil paint
n.
A paint in which the vehicle is a drying oil. Also called oil color.
oil paint, colour
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) paint made of pigment ground in oil, usually linseed oil, used for oil painting
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Noun1.oil paint - paint in which a drying oil is the vehicleoil paint - paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle
oil color, oil colour, oil - oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
paint, pigment - a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"
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oil paint n → colore m a olio
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