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drybrush

drybrush noun: a form of brushwork that involves stroking lightly with a minimally loaded brush to create a textured look.

Noun

drybrush (usually uncountable, plural drybrushes)

  1. (usually, painting) A form of brushwork that involves stroking lightly with a minimally loaded brush to create a textured look.
    • Tube color diluted with acrylic medium lends itself especially well to drybrush painting.2012, Wendon Blake, Acrylic Watercolor Painting, →ISBN, page 125
    Synonyms:
    dry brushing

Synonyms of drybrush

Forms of drybrush

pluraldrybrushes

Origin of drybrush

From dry + brush.

Questions about drybrush

What does drybrush mean?
Drybrush means a form of brushwork that involves stroking lightly with a minimally loaded brush to create a textured look.
What part of speech is drybrush?
Drybrush is a noun.
What is the plural of drybrush?
The plural of drybrush is drybrushes.

Words near drybrush in the dictionary

  1. drybags
  2. drybean
  3. drybeans
  4. Drybridge
  5. Drybrook
  6. drybrush
  7. Dryburgh
  8. dryclean
  9. drycleaned
  10. drycleaner
  11. drycleaners

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