Meaning of paintpot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pot for holding paint.
2. A lever on a telecine machine that controls the range of colors in an image.
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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.”

“At the sight of Bradly up there, staring down at her, she seemed to get⟳ the shock⟳ of an unprecedented intrusion on her privacy too, and remained gaping up at him, brush in one hand and paint-pot in the other.”

“A fifth man is busied with paintpot and brush. He is kneeling on the ground, painting a strip⟳ of canvas […]”

“[…] vertical joystick or 'paintpot' may be used, that will pivot hemispherically to any degree within a color circle.”

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