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paint bucket

paint bucket noun: a tool in some graphics editor applications that fills in a portion of the image with a certain color or pattern.

Noun

paint bucket (plural paint buckets)

  1. A tool in some graphics editor applications that fills in a portion of the image with a certain color or pattern.
    • Click and hold the gradient tool icon (sixth tool on the right) to display the flyout menu pictured on the left in Figure 6-18. Then choose the paint bucket.2004, Deke McClelland, Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One, page 172

Forms of paint bucket

pluralpaint buckets

Questions about paint bucket

What does paint bucket mean?
Paint bucket means a tool in some graphics editor applications that fills in a portion of the image with a certain color or pattern.
What part of speech is paint bucket?
Paint bucket is a noun.
What is the plural of paint bucket?
The plural of paint bucket is paint buckets.

Words near paint bucket in the dictionary

  1. paint boxes
  2. paint bridge
  3. paint bridges
  4. paint brush
  5. paint brushes
  6. paint bucket
  7. paint buckets
  8. paint by numbers
  9. Paint Creek
  10. paint down
  11. paint gun

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