watercolour

/ˈwɔ.tɜˌkʌ.lɜ/

noun 3adj 1verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

best, expert, terrible, well-known

VERB + WATERCOLOUR

handle, hasn't, like, love, mastered, masters, painting, running

WATERCOLOUR + NOUN

artist, paintings, picture

PREP.

in, in

ADV.

quite, truly

Definitions

noun

A water-soluble pigment or paint.

Jim's aunt uses only watercolours to paint her pictures.

A painting made by using such pigment.

Jim's aunt paints beautiful watercolours.

She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running / Like a watercolour in the rain

This kind of painting as a genre.

I'm not a big fan of watercolour; I much prefer oil painting.

adj

Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.

verb

To paint using watercolour

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the art or technique of painting with watercolors

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water-color
water-colour

noun — a painting produced with watercolors

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water-color
water-colour

noun — a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments)

watercolor
water-color
water-colour

noun — water-soluble pigment

watercolor
water-color
water-colour

verb — paint with watercolors

watercolor

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Jim's aunt uses only watercolours to paint her pictures.

Wiktionary

Jim's aunt paints beautiful watercolours.

Wiktionary

She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running / Like a watercolour in the rain

Wiktionary

A watercolour is a picture painted with water-based paints.

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I especially love painting in watercolour.

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This paper can handle watercolour well.

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