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brushstroke
noun brush·stroke \-ˌstrōk\
: the paint left on a painting by a movement of the artist's brush
Full Definition of BRUSHSTROKE
: the configuration given to paint by contact with the bristles of a brush; also : the paint left on a surface by a single application of a brush or palette knife —often used figuratively to describe the quality especially of a narrative or description <a story told in broad brushstrokes>
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First Known Use of BRUSHSTROKE
1879
Rhymes with BRUSHSTROKE
ad hoc, backstroke, baroque, bespoke, blow smoke, breaststroke, bur oak, chain-smoke, convoke, cork oak, cowpoke, downstroke, evoke, ground stroke, heatstroke, holm oak, in-joke, invoke, keystroke, kinfolk, kinsfolk, menfolk, pin oak, post oak, presoak, provoke, red oak, revoke, scrub oak, she-oak, sidestroke, silk oak, slowpoke, sunchoke, sunstroke, tan oak, townsfolk, uncloak, unyoke, upstroke, white oak, workfolk
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