OIL PAINTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oil painting mean? 

• OIL PAINTING (noun)
  The noun OIL PAINTING has 2 senses:

1. a picture painted with oil paints

2. the art or method of painting with oil paints

  Familiarity information: OIL PAINTING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OIL PAINTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A picture painted with oil paints

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("oil painting" is a kind of...):

painting; picture (graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oil painting"):

canvas; canvass (an oil painting on canvas fabric)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The art or method of painting with oil paints

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("oil painting" is a kind of...):

painting (creating a picture with paints)

 Context examples 

He had seen oil paintings, it was true, in the show windows of shops, but the glass of the windows had prevented his eager eyes from approaching too near.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

An oil painting caught and held him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)