Words / A2

PAYNT-uh/ˈpeɪntə/

A painter paints pictures, or paints rooms and doors: a house painter, a famous painter, the painter’s ladder. Artist is wider (drawing, sculpture too). Decorator is a British cousin for walls and woodwork. Painting is the picture or the activity. Do not write painter when you mean pointer, or printer.

Meaning

A person whose job is to paint pictures, or to paint walls and doors.

Examples

• “The painter finished the bedroom in one day.”
• “The painter covered the carpet before he started.”
• “Turner was a painter who loved the sea and sky.”

Good to know

a house painter / a famous painter. Wider: artist. Walls cousin: decorator. Mix-up: printer.

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