"paintbox" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paintboxes [plural]
Etymology: paint + box Etymology templates: {{compound|en|paint|box}} paint + box Head templates: {{en-noun}} paintbox (plural paintboxes)
  1. A box used to hold an artist's paints. Categories (topical): Containers Translations (a box used to hold paint): kishtey daah [masculine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-paintbox-en-noun-r9XlBwCi Disambiguation of Containers: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'a box used to hold paint': 99 1
  2. (by extension) Computer hardware or software for creating or editing graphics. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-paintbox-en-noun-6Lqj1FxB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76

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