watercolour

watercolour
noun
1. water-soluble pigment
Syn: ↑watercolor, ↑water-color, ↑water-colour
Derivationally related forms: ↑watercolourist, ↑watercolor (for: ↑watercolor)
Hypernyms: ↑pigment
2. a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists
Syn: ↑watercolor, ↑water-color, ↑water-colour
Derivationally related forms: ↑watercolourist, ↑watercolor (for: ↑watercolor)
Hypernyms: ↑water-base paint
Hyponyms: ↑gouache
3. a painting produced with watercolors
Syn: ↑watercolor, ↑water-color, ↑water-colour
Derivationally related forms: ↑watercolourist, ↑watercolorist (for: ↑watercolor), ↑watercolor (for: ↑watercolor)
Hypernyms: ↑painting, ↑picture
Hyponyms: ↑gouache, ↑wash, ↑wash drawing
4. the art or technique of painting with watercolors
Syn: ↑watercolor, ↑water-color, ↑water-colour
Hypernyms: ↑painting
verb
paint with watercolors
Syn: ↑watercolor
Derivationally related forms: ↑watercolorist (for: ↑watercolor), ↑watercolor (for: ↑watercolor), ↑watercolourist
Hypernyms: ↑paint
Verb Frames:
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