oil paintnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈɔɪl ˌpeɪnt/us/ˈɔɪl ˌpeɪnt/a thick type of paint with an oil base, used for painting pictures
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oil
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Painting & drawing materials
- acrylic
- airbrush
- brush
- canvas
- chalk
- drawing board
- easel
- glitter
- Indian ink
- manikin
- mannikin
- palette
- palette knife
- pencil
- poster colour
- poster paint
- sitter
- template
- watercolour
- woodblock
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Examples from literature
- Painters of that period made oil paint popular because it lasted a long time in the wet lagoon area.