Usually means: Application of paint with brush.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. brushstroke: Merriam-Webster
  2. brushstroke: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brushstroke: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Brushstroke, brushstroke: Wordnik
  5. brushstroke: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. brushstroke: Wiktionary
  7. brushstroke: Dictionary.com
  8. Brushstroke: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. brushstroke: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. brushstroke: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Brushstroke: art glossary

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▸ noun:  The stroke of a brush, as in painting.

Similar:
upstroke, touch, penstroke, stroke, hair stroke, downstroke, line weight, stipple, striation, ductus, more...

Opposite:
eraser, smudge, blur, fade, blend

Types:
impasto, glaze, hatching, cross-hatching, scumbling, stippling, wet-on-wet, dry brush, more...

Phrases:
Rhodesian Brushstroke, more...

Adjectives:
single, broad, first, last, final, new, long, short, diagonal, individual, horizontal

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Similar:
upstroke, touch, penstroke, stroke, hair stroke, downstroke, line weight, stipple, striation, ductus, more...

Opposite:
eraser, smudge, blur, fade, blend

Types:
impasto, glaze, hatching, cross-hatching, scumbling, stippling, wet-on-wet, dry brush, more...

Phrases:
Rhodesian Brushstroke, more...

Adjectives:
single, broad, first, last, final, new, long, short, diagonal, individual, horizontal



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