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Etymology

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paint +‎ box

Noun

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paintbox (plural paintboxes)

  1. A box used to hold an artist's paints.
  2. (by extension) Computer hardware or software for creating or editing graphics.
    • 2015, Nancy Underhill, Sidney Nolan: A Life:
      Nolan visits the Quantel computer laboratory to experiment with its vast digital paintbox.

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