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paintable

paintable adjective: that can be painted; to which a coating of paint can be applied.

Adjective

paintable (comparative more paintable, superlative most paintable)

  1. That can be painted; to which a coating of paint can be applied.
  2. Able or suitable to be painted (rendered by an artist in paint).
    • The grunt indicated doubt. Not so easy to paint, these paintable subjects.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 29

Antonyms of paintable

Forms of paintable

comparativemore paintable
superlativemost paintable

Origin of paintable

From paint + -able.

Words formed from paintable

Questions about paintable

What does paintable mean?
Paintable means that can be painted; to which a coating of paint can be applied.
What part of speech is paintable?
Paintable is an adjective.

Words near paintable in the dictionary

  1. paint-by-numbers
  2. paint-pot
  3. paint-pots
  4. paint-root
  5. paintability
  6. paintable
  7. paintableness
  8. paintably
  9. paintathon
  10. paintathons
  11. paintball

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