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paintshop

paintshop is the alternative form of paint shop.

Meaning of paint shop

Noun

paint shop (plural paint shops)

  1. A shop that sells paint.
  2. A workshop, the part of a factory where items are painted.
    • Eastleigh Locomotive Works: Layout and functions of shops [...] Paint Shop: Painting and varnishing locomotives and works equipment. (Locomotive painting actually carried out in erecting shop).1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 162

Forms of paintshop

pluralpaintshops

Questions about paintshop

What is paintshop the alternative form of?
Paintshop is the alternative form of paint shop.

Words near paintshop in the dictionary

  1. paints the wagon
  2. paints up
  3. paints with a broad brush
  4. paints with a wide brush
  5. paints with the same brush
  6. paintshop
  7. paintshops
  8. paintstick
  9. paintsticks
  10. Paintsville
  11. painture

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