Paintpot
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A pot for holding paint.
"Mr. Ruskin, in a famous libel case, said that a man had no right to throw a paintpot at a canvas and call it a picture."
- 2 A lever on a telecine machine that controls the range of colors in an image. dated
"[…] vertical joystick or 'paintpot' may be used, that will pivot hemispherically to any degree within a color circle."
Example
More examples"Mr. Ruskin, in a famous libel case, said that a man had no right to throw a paintpot at a canvas and call it a picture."
Etymology
From paint + pot.
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