WATERCOLOUR

watercolor, water-color, watercolour, water-colour

(noun) the art or technique of painting with watercolors

watercolor, water-color, watercolour, water-colour

(noun) a painting produced with watercolors

watercolor, water-color, watercolour, water-colour

(noun) a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists

watercolor, water-color, watercolour, water-colour

(noun) water-soluble pigment

watercolour, watercolor

(verb) paint with watercolors

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

watercolour (countable and uncountable, plural watercolours)

(countable) A water-soluble pigment.

(countable) A painting made by using such pigment.

(uncountable) This kind of painting as a genre.

Adjective

watercolour (not comparable)

Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.

Verb

watercolour (third-person singular simple present watercolours, present participle watercolouring, simple past and past participle watercoloured)

To paint using watercolour

Source: Wiktionary



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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