paintbrush

[ peynt-bruhsh ]

noun

1. a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting painting houses or one used in painting painting pictures.
2. any plant of the genus Castilleja.

paintbrush

/ ˈpeɪntˌbrʌʃ /

noun

1. a brush used to apply paint

Word History and Origins

Origin of paintbrush¹

First recorded in 1820–30; paint + brush ¹

Example Sentences

Kneeling in the thick grass, he lifted a rock the size of a loaf of bread, then began clearing loose soil underneath with a small paintbrush.

From Popular-Science

With AI art, it’s the machine that manipulates the paintbrush.

From Nautilus

Beeple’s art is generated by digital software packages such as Adobe Photoshop that allow artists to manipulate images, rather like manipulating a paintbrush.

From Nautilus

Below, in the ash bed, two barefoot interns are clearing ash away with paintbrushes.

From Science News For Students

Although Neel was the one with the paintbrush, in other words, she was willing to give Georgie an unusual degree of agency.

From Washington Post

Yves Klein first painted a naked woman blue in 1958 and used her as a “human paintbrush.”

From The Daily Beast

So he was really using a paintbrush for the first time in his life.

From The Daily Beast

The Psycho theme song rang in my head as her poop-filled paintbrush crept closer to my face.

From The Daily Beast

The younger Kate, in contrast, turned her own schoolgirl training with a paintbrush into a career.

From The Daily Beast

But the call for the wielders of the paintbrush came not only from the sea.

From Project Gutenberg

Desert primroses showed their rounded pink clusters in sunny places, and here and there burned the carmine of Indian paintbrush.

From Project Gutenberg

Here the columbine, the paintbrush, the monument-plant, and scores of other bright blossoms cheer the wild frontier.

From Project Gutenberg

Autumn's gorgeous paintbrush laid wonderful coloring upon the maple and alder and birch that lined the lake shore.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1906 London went quite mad over a Venus whose entire wardrobe was applied with a paintbrush.

From Project Gutenberg