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palette knife

noun

, Painting.
  1. a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.


palette knife

noun

  1. a round-ended spatula with a thin flexible blade used esp by artists for mixing, applying, and scraping off paint, esp oil paint
  2. a knife with a round-ended flexible blade used in cookery for scraping out a mixture from a bowl, spreading icing, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of palette knife1

First recorded in 1750–60
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Example Sentences

We customized one model with a data set of scanned painted brush strokes and palette knife impressions inspired by the textures and colors from different seasons.

He had destroyed the whole of his work, and removed every trace of it with the palette-knife.

With all the sulphides of cadmium a steel palette knife is best avoided.

To obtain the freedom of accident Rembrandt put on his colours with his palette-knife; a very common practice at the present day.

Garstin had said of him in a puffing breath one day when the palette knife had been angrily used once more.

When the black mass is soft and clean drain off the water and rub the ink smooth in a dish with a bone palette knife.

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