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word-painting

word-painting adjective: that creates visual images verbally.

Adjective

word-painting (not comparable)

  1. That creates visual images verbally.
    • These vessels are handsome to look at, good sailers, and admirable sea-boats, and will make long voyages with perfect safety, traversing the whole Archipelago from New Guinea to Singapore in seas which, as every one who has sailed much in them can testify, are not so smooth and tempest-free as...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 184

word-painting meaning in Tamil

word-painting in Tamil

சொல்லோவியம்

Questions about word-painting

What does word-painting mean?
Word-painting means that creates visual images verbally.
What is word-painting in Tamil?
Word-painting in Tamil is சொல்லோவியம். See Word-painting meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is word-painting?
Word-painting is an adjective.

Words near word-painting in the dictionary

  1. word-lover
  2. word-lovers
  3. word-mincer
  4. word-mincers
  5. word-of-mouth
  6. word-painting
  7. word-perfect
  8. word-picture
  9. word-pictures
  10. word-process
  11. word-processed

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