"watercolor" meaning in English

See watercolor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: water + color Etymology templates: {{compound|en|water|color}} water + color Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} watercolor (not comparable)
  1. Alternative spelling of watercolour Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: watercolour
    Sense id: en-watercolor-en-adj-gY5Lz49K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50

Noun

Forms: watercolors [plural]
Etymology: water + color Etymology templates: {{compound|en|water|color}} water + color Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} watercolor (countable and uncountable, plural watercolors)
  1. Alternative spelling of watercolour Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: watercolour
    Sense id: en-watercolor-en-noun-gY5Lz49K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50

Inflected forms

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