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all-over painting

all-over painting noun: the nondifferential treatment of the surface of a painted artwork, so that it is uniform rather than divided into distinct sections.

Noun

all-over painting (countable and uncountable, plural all-over paintings)

  1. (uncountable) The nondifferential treatment of the surface of a painted artwork, so that it is uniform rather than divided into distinct sections.
  2. (countable) An individual painting in this style.

Forms of all-over painting

pluralall-over paintings

Questions about all-over painting

What does all-over painting mean?
All-over painting means the nondifferential treatment of the surface of a painted artwork, so that it is uniform rather than divided into distinct sections.
What part of speech is all-over painting?
All-over painting is a noun.
What is the plural of all-over painting?
The plural of all-over painting is all-over paintings.

Words near all-over painting in the dictionary

  1. all-or-nothing
  2. all-out
  3. all-outer
  4. all-outers
  5. all-over
  6. all-over painting
  7. all-over paintings
  8. all-overish
  9. all-overishness
  10. all-overness
  11. all-overs

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