"paintpot" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: paintpots [plural]
Etymology: paint + pot Etymology templates: {{compound|en|paint|pot}} paint + pot Head templates: {{en-noun}} paintpot (plural paintpots)
  1. A pot for holding paint.
    Sense id: en-paintpot-en-noun-9ieI4mXh
  2. (dated, television) A lever on a telecine machine that controls the range of colors in an image. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-paintpot-en-noun-x0-H2gx~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Topics: broadcasting, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: paint pot, paint-pot

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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