Objects

Synonyms for paint

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineObjects

a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid)

She stirred the can of blue paint before starting.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

pigment

Same sentence, swapped: She stirred the can of blue pigment before starting.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for paint as it is used in the sentence above.

key
rouge
facing

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Closest first: other objects words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

dwellingnounhomehousing that someone is living inRidgeline elementnouncomponentan artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made upRidgeline etherealadjectiveaerialcharacterized by lightness and insubstantialityRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line facilitynouninstallationa building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industryRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line stepverb, nounpacemeasure (distances) by pacingTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line stovenounrangea kitchen appliance used for cooking foodTreelineHas a reason line stringnounchaina necklace made by stringing objects togetherFoothillsHas a reason line gustnounblowa strong current of airRidgelineHas a reason line

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