Definition of Paintbrushes

1. Noun. (plural of paintbrush) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paintbrushes

1. paintbrush [n] - See also: paintbrush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paintbrushes

paint with a broad brush
paintability
paintable
paintathon
paintathons
paintball
paintball gun
paintballed
paintballer
paintballers
paintballing
paintbox
paintboxes
paintbrush
paintbrushes (current term)
painted
painted-leaf begonia
painted-snipe
painted beauty
painted bunting
painted cup
painted daisy
painted dog
painted dogs
painted frog
painted greenling
painted hunting dog
painted hunting dogs
painted ladies

Literary usage of Paintbrushes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (& Yourself) by Rick Weinzierl (1999)
"They can be used to thin paint, clean paintbrushes, remove nail polish, ... There are ways you can reuse the solvent used to clean paintbrushes. ..."

2. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1919)
"Old paintbrushes Provide Small Tool Handles When paintbrushes become worn out they are usually thrown away or burned. By saving the handles of these brushes ..."

3. The Franklin Intermediate Reader: For the Use of Public and Private Schools by George Stillman Hillard (1875)
"But all this time the young artist had no paintbrushes ; nor were there any to be bought, unless he had sent to Philadelphia on purpose. ..."

4. The Child Life Fifth Reader by Etta Austin Blaisdell McDonald, Mary Frances Blaisdell (1902)
"But all this time the young artist had no paintbrushes ; nor were there any to be bought, unless he had sent to Philadelphia on purpose. ..."

5. Fifth Reader by James Hixon Van Sickle, Wilhelmina Seegmiller (1912)
"However, he was a very ingenious boy, and resolved to manufacture paintbrushes for himself. With this design he laid hold upon— what do you think? ..."

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