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As I turn 91 this June 8th, I have to admit my hours at the easel have diminished.
LeRoy Neiman

Meaning of "easel" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EASEL

From Dutch ezel ass1; related to Gothic asilus, German Esel, Latin asinus ass.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EASEL

easel  [ˈiːzəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EASEL

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Easel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EASEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Easel

An easel is an upright support used for displaying and/or fixing something resting upon it, at an angle of about 20° to the vertical. In particular easels are traditionally used by painters to support a painting while they work on it, normally standing up, and are also sometimes used to display finished paintings. Artists' easels are still typically made of wood to functional designs that have changed little for centuries, if not millennia, though new materials and designs are now available. Easel painting is a term in art history for the type of mid-size painting that would have been painted on an easel, as opposed to a fresco wall-painting or miniature that would have been created sitting at a desk, though perhaps also on an angled support. It does not refer to the method of display after creation; in fact most easel paintings are intended to be displayed framed and hanging on a wall. In the photographic darkroom an easel is used to keep the photographic paper in flat or upright position to the enlarger.

Definition of easel in the English dictionary

The definition of easel in the dictionary is a frame, usually in the form of an upright tripod, used for supporting or displaying an artist's canvas, blackboard, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EASEL


Basel
ˈbɑːzəl
biodiesel
ˈbaɪəʊˌdiːzəl
causal
ˈkɔːzəl
deasil
ˈdiːzəl
diesel
ˈdiːzəl
kursaal
ˈkɜːzəl
measle
ˈmiːzəl
menopausal
ˌmenəˈpɔːzəl
mesel
ˈmiːzəl
Mosel
ˈmoːzəl
perusal
pəˈruːzəl
postmenopausal
ˌpəʊstmɛnəʊˈpɔːzəl
refusal
rɪˈfjuːzəl
teasel
ˈtiːzəl
teazel
ˈtiːzəl
teazle
ˈtiːzəl
weasel
ˈwiːzəl
wheezle
ˈhwiːzəl
Wiesel
ˈviːzəl
wurzel
ˈwɜːzəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EASEL

ease
ease oneself
ease the helm
easeful
easefully
easefulness
easeled
easeless
easement
easer
easied
easier
easies
easiest
easily
easiness
easing
easle
eassel
easselgate

WORDS THAT END LIKE EASEL

blood vessel
Brussel
carousel
carrousel
Cassel
chisel
cold chisel
counsel
damsel
fuller´s teasel
hansel
IJssel
Kassel
mussel
Overijssel
russel
sel
tassel
tinsel
vessel

Synonyms and antonyms of easel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «easel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EASEL

Find out the translation of easel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of easel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «easel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

画架
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caballete
570 millions of speakers

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easel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चित्रफलक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحامل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мольберт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cavalete
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিত্রফলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chevalet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kuda-kuda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Staffelei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

画架
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이젤
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Easel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cái giá bằng cây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चित्रफलक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şövale
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cavalletto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sztalugi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мольберт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șevalet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καβαλέτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

esel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

staffli
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

staffeli
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of easel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EASEL»

The term «easel» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.913 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EASEL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about easel

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7 QUOTES WITH «EASEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word easel.
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Julia Cameron
Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.
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Julia Cameron
Faith is almost the bottom line of creativity; it requires a leap of faith any time we undertake a creative endeavor, whether this is going to the easel, or the page, or onto the stage - or for that matter, in a homelier way, picking out the right fabric for the kitchen curtains, which is also a creative act.
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LeRoy Neiman
As I turn 91 this June 8th, I have to admit my hours at the easel have diminished.
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Jackson Pollock
My painting does not come from the easel.
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Jackson Pollock
I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.
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Luanne Rice
My mother painted and wrote. She always had a painting in progress on an easel in the kitchen, so our house always smelled like oil paint. At night, she wrote after she'd put my sisters and me to bed, and the sound of her typing was our lullaby.
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Ariana Richards
Sometimes I'm on the pulse of what's happening in Hollywood, but other times, I'm just totally absorbed by what I'm creating on the easel.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EASEL»

Discover the use of easel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to easel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Conservation of Easel Paintings
Conservation of Easel Paintings is the first comprehensive text on the history, philosophy, and methods of treatment of easel paintings that combines both theory with practice.
Joyce Hill Stoner, Rebecca Rushfield, 2013
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The Collected Essays and Criticism, Volume 2: Arrogant ...
And Gorky, in my opinion, has still to paint his greatest pictures. Meanwhile he is already the equal of any painter of his own generation anywhere. The Nation, 20 March 1948 85 . The Crisis of the Easel Picture The easel or cabinet picture ...
Clement Greenberg, John O'Brian, 1988
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Watercolor Painting For Dummies
A nice luxury is a portable easel. Most of the time they are wooden, although you can get metal models too. A portable easel folds compactly into a small suitcase size. Most have a drawer to hold supplies and a shelf with a support to hold your  ...
Colette Pitcher, 2011
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Creative Activities for Young Children
Another avenue to easier cleanup is to cut a posterboard that has been laminated on both sides to fit the easel. Tape the laminated posterboard over the easel so that as the students paint on the easel and get ready for the next child, the ...
Mary Mayesky, 2008
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Is Art History Global?
The French peinture de chevalet, the English easel painting, or the German Tafelbild quite descriptively refer to a painting standing on an easel, invented in the Renaissance. In its Soviet sense, sculpture, graphic art, and even photography, ...
James Elkins, 2007
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InfoWorld
Easel for OS/2 Extended Edition (EE), a development environment that will help applications developers generate full- color graphics interfaces, is being touted by IBM as a way to put the ease of use of PC applications on products in the ...
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Network World
Pricing for new Easel tools Note: All pricing per developer, except where noted. GRAPHIC BY SUSAN J. CHAMPENY SOURCE: EASEL CORP., BURLINGTON, MASS. $1 0,000 per server ($7,500 introductory price through September) $9,900 ...
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The New Darkroom Handbook: A Complete Guide to the Best ...
It is essentially a unit that decreases or increases the negative-to-easel distance by raising or lowering the shelf on which the easel rests. The lower the shelf, the greater the size of the enlargement. Print Sizes fillll Print Sizes. The enlarger ...
Joe DeMaio, Robin Worth, Dennis P. Curtin, 1998
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Popular Photography - ND
AlREQUll'T FEE-WEE Fixed-frame easel for 35-mrn blowups; 2 sizes in one—3'/ 1x5 and double 2'/;x3'/1; uses half of 5x7 paper; automatic I/4-inch border; self- locking paper stop; rubber feet. Price, $2.95 including tax. AIREOUIPT 4-WAY 'I ...
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Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space
The difference between the easel picture and the mural was clarified. The relation between the picture plane and the underlying wall is very pertinent to the esthetics of surface. The inch of the stretcher's width amounts to a formal abyss.
Brian O'Doherty, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EASEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term easel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rescue group takes over management of Ewing Animal Shelter in 5 …
The five-month trial period with EASEL Animal Rescue League was ... EASEL executive director Mark Phillips said that with the help of its army ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
2
Artist leaves no Stone unturned at exhibition
“I offered to give him a hand, and he put the easel into the car. He put the picture in the car, and got into the passenger seat, while his girlfriend ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
The Selfie and the Self
... Dutch painter Judith Leyster represented herself facing the viewer, as a smiling violinist appears poised to leap off a canvas on her easel. «The Atlantic, Jul 15»
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Tualatin artist paints in plein air
All the while, Anna Lancaster stands in front of a canvas and easel at the top of the hill, painting the scene before her. “You're taking a little bit of ... «Pamplin Media Group, Jul 15»
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Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Offer Dueling Accounts of Detroit's …
Kahlo's easel work, on the other hand, demands physical closeness and intimacy. Viewing her work in public, with the personal and political ... «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»
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Know Your Madisonian: Bernie Tennis
The portrait painter and caricature artist loves it when a long line forms next to his easel, filled with portrait subjects and spectators. When he ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»
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New art displayed at WLACC
After she retired, Sandell began spending more time on her art, and she now clocks 10 to 15 hours at the easel each week. This includes time ... «Pamplin Media Group, Jul 15»
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Activist marks 10th anniversary of ill-fated legislative pay raise
Rock the Capital's Eric Epstein hauled in his own easel Tuesday and placed up on it a mock historical marker sign noting the illegal pay raise. «The Sentinel, Jul 15»
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The Technology Behind Fishnet Art
Janet Echelman isn't your typical artist. Far from the traditional image of a lone painter standing at her easel with only a brush and paint palette, ... «TechnologyTell, Jul 15»
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Neither Rain, Pigs, Nor Snow Will Keep Colorado Plein Air Painters …
"I just love being able to be outside like this and listening to the river, listening to the birds," said Giacomini, sitting at an easel along the Poudre ... «KUNC, Jul 15»

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