"paint bucket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paint buckets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} paint bucket (plural paint buckets)
  1. (computer graphics) A tool in some graphics editor applications that fills in a portion of the image with a certain color or pattern. Categories (topical): Computer graphics Related terms: flood fill, seed fill

Inflected forms

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