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watercolour

/ˈwɔ.tɜˌkʌ.lɜ/ noun C2
  1. A water-soluble pigment or paint. (countable) · Jim's aunt uses only watercolours to paint her pictures.
  2. A painting made by using such pigment. (countable) · Jim's aunt paints beautiful watercolours.
  3. This kind of painting as a genre. (uncountable) · I'm not a big fan of watercolour; I much prefer oil painting.

Plural watercolours

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“Sold that watercolour of the obelisk to a man from Peoria,” he announced overwhelmingly.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 5 · C1

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