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paint·ing

painting

 
pronunciation:
peIn tIng
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: A painting is a picture that someone has made with paint.
The art museum has a lot of paintings. Some are really big and cover a whole wall! Some are nice to look at, and some are very strange.
 
definition 2: Painting is an area of art that has to do with pictures made by using paints.
My mom studied painting in college.
definition 3: When someone does painting, it means that their job is to cover the surfaces of buildings with paint.
Sam's father owns a house painting business.
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