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oil painting

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Definition of oil painting

noun

[mass noun]

the art of painting in oils: the basic methods and techniques of oil painting
[count noun] a picture painted in oils: an original oil painting by a local artist

Phrases

be no oil painting: British informal (of a person) be unattractive: he was no oil painting, but she had long passed the age of needing good looks about her