paint pot

noun

Also paintpot . a container, as a jar, pail, or bucket, for holding paint while it is being applied.

Geology. a spring or pit filled with boiling colored mud.

Compare mud pot.

Origin of paint pot

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby paint pot

painterly, painter's colic, paint horse, painting, paint oneself into a corner, paint pot, paint roller, paint stripper, paint the town red, paintwork, painty

Example sentences from the Web for paint pot

Smallbones,” said he, “one of the men has left his paint-pot on the stage, under the stern: go and bring it in immediately.
Snarley-yow|Frederick Marryat
Wilbur was below tinkering with his paint-pot about the cabin.
Moran of the Lady Letty|Frank Norris
She took the paint-pot, and stood looking at the brush as it moved up and down in his hand.
The Trumpet-Major|Thomas Hardy
I had even to hide the little dabs of mud I took from a paint-pot.
A Summer's Outing|Carter H. Harrison

Just at the corner of the street he met the man with the paint-pot, who asked him if he had deserted the brethren.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy

单词	paint pot
释义	paint pot noun Also paintpot . a container, as a jar, pail, or bucket, for holding paint while it is being applied. Geology. a spring or pit filled with boiling colored mud. Compare mud pot. Origin of paint pot First recorded in 1830–40 Words nearby paint pot painterly, painter's colic, paint horse, painting, paint oneself into a corner, paint pot, paint roller, paint stripper, paint the town red, paintwork, painty Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for paint pot Smallbones,” said he, “one of the men has left his paint-pot on the stage, under the stern: go and bring it in immediately. Snarley-yow\|Frederick Marryat Wilbur was below tinkering with his paint-pot about the cabin. Moran of the Lady Letty\|Frank Norris She took the paint-pot, and stood looking at the brush as it moved up and down in his hand. The Trumpet-Major\|Thomas Hardy I had even to hide the little dabs of mud I took from a paint-pot. A Summer's Outing\|Carter H. Harrison Just at the corner of the street he met the man with the paint-pot, who asked him if he had deserted the brethren. Tess of the d'Urbervilles\|Thomas Hardy
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