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action paintings

action paintings is the plural of action painting.

Meaning of action painting

Noun

action painting (countable and uncountable, plural action paintings)

  1. (uncountable) A genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas to obtain a spontaneous and totally abstract image.
  2. (countable) A painting produced in this style.

Questions about action paintings

What is action paintings the plural of?
Action paintings is the plural of action painting.

Words near action paintings in the dictionary

  1. action noun
  2. action nouns
  3. action painter
  4. action painters
  5. action painting
  6. action paintings
  7. action plan
  8. action plans
  9. action point
  10. action points
  11. action potential

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