Usually means: Theatrical makeup used by performers.
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  1. greasepaint: Merriam-Webster
  2. greasepaint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. greasepaint: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. greasepaint: Collins English Dictionary
  5. greasepaint: Vocabulary.com
  6. Greasepaint, greasepaint: Wordnik
  7. greasepaint: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. greasepaint: Wiktionary
  9. greasepaint: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. greasepaint: Dictionary.com
  11. greasepaint: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Greasepaint: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. greasepaint: Rhymezone
  14. greasepaint: FreeDictionary.org
  15. greasepaint: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. greasepaint: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. greasepaint: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. greasepaint: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A mixture of grease and coloring matter used as theatrical makeup.

Similar:
grease, dirty grease, grease spot, creesh, schlepitchka, greaseband, grainer, crock, grease pit, bleck, more...

Opposite:
degreaser, makeup remover, cleanser

Types:
clown white, theater makeup, stage makeup, cosmetic, more...

Adjectives:
black, white, green, red, dark, brown, theatrical, pinky, heavy, yellow, gray

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Similar:
grease, dirty grease, grease spot, creesh, schlepitchka, greaseband, grainer, crock, grease pit, bleck, more...

Opposite:
degreaser, makeup remover, cleanser

Types:
clown white, theater makeup, stage makeup, cosmetic, more...

Adjectives:
black, white, green, red, dark, brown, theatrical, pinky, heavy, yellow, gray



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