Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUK:
    • IPA: /ˈpeɪn.tə/
  • UttalUS:
    • IPA: [ˈpeɪn.tə]
  • US:
    • IPA: /ˈpeɪntɚ/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.ressam
2.boyacı

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. An artist who paints pictures.
  2. (obsolete) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use.
  3. A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.
  4. (nautical) A rope connected to the bow of a boat, used to attach it to e.g. a jetty or another boat.
  5. (US) A mountain lion, by mispronunciation of "panther".

Exempel

  • "Shove that (fat, wicker luncheon-basket) under your feet," he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat. Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.
  • The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
  • `Shove that (fat, wicker luncheon-basket) under your feet,' he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat. Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again. – Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, 1908.

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Pluralpainters

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