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# paintbrush

noun (a paintbrush, paintbrushes)

«paintbrush» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A brush used for putting paint on paper, walls or other surfaces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paintbrush/#m1)

### In the lessons

In art lessons: thick brushes for big areas, thin brushes for details; rinse your paintbrush in water between colours and clean it at the end. In DIY: big paintbrushes or rollers for walls and fences.

### Examples

- Rinse your paintbrush before you use a new colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paintbrush/#x1)
- Use a thin paintbrush for the eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paintbrush/#x2)
- Dad painted the fence with a big paintbrush. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paintbrush/#x3)
- My paintbrush has soft bristles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paintbrush/#x4)
- Put the paintbrushes in the jar to dry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paintbrush/#x5)
- Don't leave your paintbrush standing in the water pot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paintbrush/#x6)

### Note

One word: paintbrush. Plural: «paintbrushes» (add -es after «sh»). Leaving a brush standing on its bristles bends them; dry it lying flat or bristles up.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «paintbrush» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paintbrush/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«paintbrush» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/paintbrush.html) on Mova free.