Paintpot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Paintpot is a noun meaning A pot for holding paint.
Meaning
A pot for holding paint.
More Meanings
- (dated, television) A lever on a telecine machine that controls the range of colors in an image.
Example Sentences
A fifth man is busied with paintpot and brush. He is kneeling on the ground, painting a strip of canvas […]
[…] vertical joystick or 'paintpot' may be used, that will pivot hemispherically to any degree within a color circle.
Mr. Ruskin, in a famous libel case, said that a man had no right to throw a paintpot at a canvas and call it a picture.
At the sight of Bradly up there, staring down at her, she seemed to get the shock of an unprecedented intrusion on her privacy too, and remained gaping up at him, brush in one hand and paint-pot in the other.
Word Forms
- paintpots
- paint pot
- paint-pot
Related Words
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