paint pot

noun

1. Also paintpot. a container, as a jar, pail, or bucket, for holding paint while it is being applied.
2. Geology. a spring or pit filled with boiling colored mud.

Word History and Origins

Origin of paint pot¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Suddenly, out comes a paint pot and brush and Dmitry adds more names.

From BBC

Kids and adults alike were wowed by the steamy and vibrant Grand Prismatic Spring, the lunar landscape of the Mammoth terraces, the brightly colored “paint pot” thermal pools at West Thumb Geyser Basin, and a fat mud volcano that burps with comical abandon.

From Seattle Times

From his pocket he took the large glass paperweight, its insides a multitude of bright colors, along with the paint pot, and the paintbrush.

From Literature

Anyway – if your need for a dazzling blue pool is left wanting after you visit the Upper Geyser Basin, just head down the road a few miles to the Fountain Paint Pot area.

From Seattle Times

"The wall projects hostility," she said, paint pot in hand and surrounded by youngsters from both the United States and Mexico.

From Reuters