oil paint

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   paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle

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Questions about oil paint

What does oil paint mean?

oil paint means "paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle".

Is oil paint a common word?

oil paint is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.