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WATER-BASE PAINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Paint in which water is used as the vehicle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("water-base paint" is a kind of...):
paint; pigment (a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water-base paint"):
calcimine (a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings)
casein; casein paint (a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk)
latex; latex paint; rubber-base paint (a water-base paint that has a latex binder)
poster color; poster colour; poster paint; tempera (pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk)
wash (a thin coat of water-base paint)
water-color; water-colour; watercolor; watercolour (a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists)
