greasepaint

1. 1.

   a greasy substance used as makeup by actors

   Broadermakeup

Other forms of greasepaint

plural

greasepaints·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about greasepaint

What does greasepaint mean?

greasepaint means "a greasy substance used as makeup by actors".

How many syllables are in greasepaint?

greasepaint has 4 syllables and divides as gre-a-se-paint under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.