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WATER-COLOUR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The art or technique of painting with watercolors

Synonyms:

water-color; water-colour; watercolor; watercolour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("water-colour" is a kind of...):

painting (creating a picture with paints)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A painting produced with watercolors

Synonyms:

water-color; water-colour; watercolor; watercolour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("water-colour" is a kind of...):

painting; picture (graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water-colour"):

gouache (a watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum)

wash; wash drawing (a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists

Synonyms:

water-color; water-colour; watercolor; watercolour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("water-colour" is a kind of...):

water-base paint (paint in which water is used as the vehicle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water-colour"):

gouache (an opaque watercolor prepared with gum)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Water-soluble pigment

Synonyms:

water-color; water-colour; watercolor; watercolour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("water-colour" is a kind of...):

pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

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