Word

paint, n.
(paints)
freq. cnt. 7

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
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

paint pigment

sample sentences

"artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

paint paint paint paint

semantic pointers

hyponym

acrylic, acrylic paint antifouling paint coat of paint distemper enamel encaustic finger paint, fingerpaint house paint, housepaint oil paint semigloss spray paint water-base paint

hypernym

coating, coat coloring material, colouring material, color, colour

substance meronym

pigment

makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
<noun.artifact>

blusher paint rouge

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

rouge

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

blush

semantic pointers

hypernym

makeup, make-up, war paint

(basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
<noun.location>

key paint

sample sentences

"he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"
"he dominates play in the paint"

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

basketball, basketball game, hoops

part holonym

basketball court

part meronym

foul line

hypernym

space