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The correct spelling is paints.
How to pronounce paints
noun
IPA: /peɪnts/
Say it like: Pay-nts
The correct spelling is paints. A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied. For example: "The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint."
Usage Examples
“The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.”
“I am running low on paint for my marker.”
“to paint a portrait or a landscape”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
- 2.(in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- 3.The free-throw lane, construed with the.
- 4.Paintballs.
- 5.A face card (king, queen, or jack).
verb
- 1.To apply paint to.
- 2.To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- 3.To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
- 4.To create (an image) with paints.
- 5.To practise the art of painting pictures.
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