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poster paint

noun

  1. an opaque, water-based, typically bright-colored paint with a glue-size or gum binder, that is suitable for use on posters and is usually packaged in jars.


poster paint

noun

  1. a gum-based opaque watercolour paint used for writing posters, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of poster paint1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

She leaned against the wall of the bookstore and breathed in the smell of poster paint, no-tear shampoo, and bean paste.

Coat all the pieces with poster paint and let them dry overnight before assembling.

I was using poster paint, a water medium, not oils.

City officials even supplied him with the yellow poster paint to make the mural.

According to a report in the Sacramento Bee, Redwood City not only approved the mural near its Courthouse Square over the Independence Day weekend but even supplied the yellow poster paint.

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