Definitions for oil painting

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

oil′ paint`ing(n.)

  1. the art or technique of painting with oil colors.

    Category: Fine Arts

  2. a painting executed in oil colors.

    Category: Fine Arts

Origin of oil painting:

1775–85

oil′ paint`er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. oil painting(noun)

    a picture painted with oil paints

  2. oil painting(noun)

    the art or method of painting with oil paints

Wiktionary

  1. oil painting(Noun)

    A painting done with oil paints.

  2. oil painting(Noun)

    The art of painting with oil paints.

  3. oil painting(Noun)

    A physically attractive person


Translations for oil painting

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

oil painting(noun)

a picture painted with oil paints.

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