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PAYNT/peɪnt/

Paint is the coloured liquid for walls or pictures; it is also a verb: paint the door. Colour is the general word (red, blue). A painting is the finished picture. Dye is for hair or cloth — later.

Meaning

A coloured liquid that you put on a wall, picture, or object.

Examples

• “The door needs more paint.”
• “Wet paint — do not touch.”
• “They paint the school every five years.”

Good to know

paint the wall / a tin of paint. Picture noun: a painting.

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