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    WATER-COLOUR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The art or technique of painting with watercolorsplay

    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 watercolorsplay

    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 artistsplay

    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 pigmentplay

    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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