paintingnoun
uk/ˈpeɪn.tɪŋ/us/ˈpeɪn.t̬ɪŋ/A2 [ C or U ] a picture made using paint:
The walls are covered in oil paintings.
an exhibition of 19th-century French painting
A2 [ U ] the skill or activity of making a picture or putting paint on a wall:
We were taught painting and drawing at art college.
When we bought the house, we had to do a lot of painting and redecorating.
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- Any painting by Van Gogh is worth a fortune.
- He always uses vibrant colours in his paintings.
- The curator guided us round the gallery, pointing out the most famous paintings in the collection.
- Edvard Munch's "The Scream" is a famous Expressionist painting.
- The painting portrays a beautiful young woman in a blue dress.
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Pictures
- -scape
- abstract
- aquatint
- canvas
- caricature
- cartoon
- graphics
- halo
- identikit
- illustration
- infographic
- pencil
- poster
- rough
- seascape
- self-portrait
- shade
- sketch
- speech bubble
- stencil
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