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oilbrush

oilbrush noun: a brush used for oil painting.

Noun

oilbrush (plural oilbrushes)

  1. (rare) A brush used for oil painting.
    • Spinning back, the world looks for a moment as if someone has taken an oilbrush and smeared it across everything.2021, David Deutsch, Once Before Sunset

Forms of oilbrush

pluraloilbrushes

Origin of oilbrush

From oil + brush.

Questions about oilbrush

What does oilbrush mean?
Oilbrush means a brush used for oil painting.
What part of speech is oilbrush?
Oilbrush is a noun.
What is the plural of oilbrush?
The plural of oilbrush is oilbrushes.

Words near oilbrush in the dictionary

  1. oilbergs
  2. oilbird
  3. oilbirds
  4. oilbox
  5. oilboxes
  6. oilbrush
  7. oilbrushes
  8. oilcake
  9. oilcakes
  10. oilcan
  11. oilcanning

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