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paint box

paint box is the alternative form of paintbox.

Meaning of paintbox

Noun

paintbox (plural paintboxes)

  1. A box used to hold an artist's paints.
  2. (broadly) Computer hardware or software for creating or editing graphics.
    • Nolan visits the Quantel computer laboratory to experiment with its vast digital paintbox.2015, Nancy Underhill, Sidney Nolan: A Life

Forms of paint box

pluralpaint boxes

Questions about paint box

What is paint box the alternative form of?
Paint box is the alternative form of paintbox.

Words near paint box in the dictionary

  1. painsworthy
  2. paint
  3. paint a rosy picture
  4. paint and sip
  5. paint and sips
  6. paint box
  7. paint boxes
  8. paint bridge
  9. paint bridges
  10. paint brush
  11. paint brushes

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