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body paints

body paints is the plural of body paint.

Meaning of body paint

Noun

body paint (countable and uncountable, plural body paints)

  1. Paint applied directly onto a person's skin, often as a form of body art.
    • This was part of Ms. Ovalles’s daily routine as a desnuda, a Spanish word meaning naked that has been embraced by the women who strut around the Times Square pedestrian plaza topless and covered in body paint to pose for photos in exchange for tips.2015 August 14, Collen Wright, “The Desnudas of Times Square, Topless but for the Paint”, in The New York Times

Questions about body paints

What is body paints the plural of?
Body paints is the plural of body paint.

Words near body paints in the dictionary

  1. body paint
  2. body painter
  3. body painters
  4. body painting
  5. body paintings
  6. body paints
  7. body part
  8. body parts
  9. body piercing
  10. body piercings
  11. body pillow

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