"paint thinner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paint thinners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} paint thinner (countable and uncountable, plural paint thinners)
  1. A solvent used to thin oil-based paints or clean up after their use. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (solvent): разреди́тел (razredítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 天拿水 (tin¹ naa⁴ seoi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 稀釋液 (Chinese Mandarin), 稀释液 (xīshìyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 稀釋劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 稀释剂 (xīshìjì) (Chinese Mandarin), thinner [masculine] (Dutch), tinneri (Finnish), diluant à peinture [masculine] (French), Farbverdünner [masculine] (German), Lackverdünner [masculine] (German), Universalverdünnung [feminine] (German), hígító (Hungarian), diluente nitro [masculine] (Italian), シンナー (shinnā) (Japanese), tíner [masculine] (Portuguese), diluant de vopsea [masculine] (Romanian), разбави́тель для кра́ски (razbavítelʹ dlja kráski) [masculine] (Russian), раствори́тель для кра́ски (rastvorítelʹ dlja kráski) [masculine] (Russian), diluyente [masculine] (Spanish), adelgazador de pinturas [masculine] (Spanish), thinner [masculine] (Spanish), thinner [common-gender] (Swedish), tiner (Turkish)

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