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Noun: word-painting  wurd 'peyn-ting
  1. A graphic or vivid verbal description
    - word picture, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation [Brit]

Derived forms: word-paintings

Type of: description, verbal description

Encyclopedia: Word-painting

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WordNet
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