From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoil paintingˈoil ˌpainting noun 1 [countable]AVP a picture painted with oil paint2 [uncountable]AVP the art of painting with oil paint3 → he’s/she’s no oil painting
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oil painting• The seating was low and yielding, the decoration largely subordinate to a vast abstract oil painting on the longest wall.• Above the bookcase hung an oil painting of a tall ship on the high seas.• An oil painting, St Reny signed H Iten, realised £625.• But what held his attention was a large oil painting propped on a chair and fronting the door.• However, there are times when oil painting is impractical. 