"brushstroke" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: brushstrokes [plural]
Etymology: From brush + stroke. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|brush|stroke}} brush + stroke Head templates: {{en-noun}} brushstroke (plural brushstrokes)
  1. The stroke of a brush, as in painting. Synonyms: brush stroke, brush-stroke Translations (stroke of a brush): pinzellada [feminine] (Catalan), penslastrok [neuter] (Faroese), pincelada [feminine] (Galician), Pinselstrich [masculine] (German), πινελιά (pineliá) [feminine] (Greek), ecsetvonás (Hungarian), pennellata [feminine] (Italian), pincelada [feminine] (Portuguese), мазо́к (mazók) [masculine] (Russian), pincelada [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brushstroke-en-noun-WzrvVVTO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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