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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A paint composed of a water-soluble pigment.
  • noun A work that is executed through the use of this paint.
  • noun The art of using watercolors.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun art A painting technique using paint made of colorants suspended or dissolved in water.
  • noun art Any artwork produced by this method.
  • noun art Any paint used in this method.
  • adjective Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists
  • noun a painting produced with watercolors
  • noun the art or technique of painting with watercolors
  • noun water-soluble pigment
  • verb paint with watercolors

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