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portrait painting

portrait painting noun: a painted portrait.

Noun

portrait painting (countable and uncountable, plural portrait paintings)

  1. (countable) A painted portrait.
  2. (uncountable) The portrait genre in painting.
  3. (uncountable) The activity of painting portraits.

Forms of portrait painting

pluralportrait paintings

Questions about portrait painting

What does portrait painting mean?
Portrait painting means a painted portrait.
What part of speech is portrait painting?
Portrait painting is a noun.
What is the plural of portrait painting?
The plural of portrait painting is portrait paintings.

Words near portrait painting in the dictionary

  1. Portpatrick
  2. portpiece
  3. portpieces
  4. Portrack
  5. portrait
  6. portrait painting
  7. portrait paintings
  8. portraited
  9. Portraitgate
  10. portraiting
  11. portraitist

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