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HOUSEPAINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does housepaint mean?
• HOUSEPAINT (noun)
The noun HOUSEPAINT has 1 sense:
1. paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house
Familiarity information: HOUSEPAINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
house paint; housepaint
Hypernyms ("housepaint" is a kind of...):
paint; pigment (a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating)
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