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- 1. a thick paint made with ground pigment and a drying oil such as linseed oil, used chiefly by artists.
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Type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil
Oil paint is a type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. For several centuries the oil painting has been perhaps the most prestigious form in Western art, but oil paint has many practical uses, mainly because it is waterproof. Wikipedia