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Meaning of megilp | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
məˈɡɪlp

Definitions

A mixture of linseed oil with turpentine or mastic varnish, used as a thickener for oil paints but later discredited as a source of cracking and yellowing.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“He was in a hurry […] and instead of replicating the twenty or so layers of paint in the original he used megilp to give the impression of thickly applied paint.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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