ground
matting
texture
painting
picture
sight
graffiti
basset
crop out
parcel
undercoat
primer
flat coat
primer coat
priming coat
drip painting
priming
colour field painting
inlaid
miniature
mat
paste
surface
combine
superficiary
canvas
capriccio
bodyscape
low relief
microsurface
topography
border
tooth
film out
moulding
molding
bas relief
basso relievo
basso rilievo
side
surfaced
pallet
superface
palette
grain
microfacet
regmaglypted
superficial
semi-abstraction
underdrawing
eggcrate
bed
minimalism
scenario
paintwork
elevation
dauber
aedicula
surface area
decalcomania
decal
oeuvre
subsurface
remeshing
chemigram
stretcher
gesso
daub
skin
abstraction
etch
wall painting
coating
underpainting
tempera
deposition
allover
decoupage
nude
blottesque
mural
finish
finishing
plane
art
photoblank
developable
planum
square
flatlay
midlight
cosmetic
face
inlaid
surface
superficiary
surfaced
regmaglypted
superficial
allover
plane
ground
matting
texture
painting
picture
sight
undercoat
primer
flat coat
primer coat
priming coat
drip painting
priming
colour field painting
miniature
mat
combine
capriccio
bodyscape
low relief
microsurface
topography
border
tooth
moulding
molding
bas relief
basso relievo
basso rilievo
side
pallet
superface
palette
grain
microfacet
semi-abstraction
underdrawing
eggcrate
bed
minimalism
scenario
paintwork
elevation
dauber
aedicula
surface area
decalcomania
decal
oeuvre
subsurface
remeshing
chemigram
stretcher
gesso
skin
abstraction
wall painting
coating
underpainting
tempera
deposition
decoupage
nude
blottesque
mural
finish
finishing
art
photoblank
developable
planum
square
flatlay
midlight
cosmetic
face
graffiti
basset
crop out
parcel
paste
canvas
film out
daub
etch
grain
noun
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- Terrain.
- The pit of a theatre.
- A soccer stadium.
- Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- The bottom of a body of water.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
- The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
- The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- Soil, earth.
- A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
verb
- To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
- To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- To place something on the ground.
- To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
adj
noun
- graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
- a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- a clear and telling mental image
- a situation treated as an observable object
- illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- the visible part of a television transmission
- a graphic or vivid verbal description
- a typical example of some state or quality
- a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
verb
noun
- In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.
- Mental view; opinion; judgment.
- The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
- The ability to see.
- Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
- Something seen.
- A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
- A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
verb
- To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
- To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
- To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.
- To observe though, or as if through, a sight, to check the elevation, direction, levelness, or other characteristics of, especially when surveying or navigating.
noun
- A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- A musical composition which is short in duration.
- A particular feature or trait.
- A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
- Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
- Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
- An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
- A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
adj
verb
noun
- A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
- A floor pad to protect athletes.
- A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
- A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
- A material or component needed for a crafting recipe.
- A thickly tangled mess.
- An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
- A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
verb
verb
noun
adj
verb
- come to the surface
- put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
- appear or become visible; make a showing
noun
- the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
- the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- the outermost level of the land or sea
- a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
- information that has become public
- a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
noun
- An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
- Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic or fraudulent intentions.
- An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
- A Test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
- A combine harvester
verb
verb
noun
- a heavy, closely woven fabric
- an oil painting on canvas fabric
- the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
- a tent made of canvas fabric
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
noun
- A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting.
- A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.
- A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper (from same etymology, see below); a gambol; a prank, a trick.
- A fantastical thing or work.
noun
- The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
- An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
- A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
- A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
- A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
verb
noun
- A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
- A region in a specified position with respect to something.
- A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.
- One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
- A sports team.
- One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.
- One set of competitors in a game.
- A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
- A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
- A group of morris dancers who perform together.
- A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
- The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
- A line of descent traced through a particular parent, as distinguished from that traced through another.
- One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
- A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.
- The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
- Sidespin; english
- A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
verb
- To clear, tidy or sort.
- To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
- To furnish with a siding.
- To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
- To lean on one side.
- To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.
adv
adj
noun
- board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
- the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
- a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
- a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay
- a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed
noun
noun
- A linear texture of a material or surface.
- The French grain of ¹⁄₉₂₁₆ livre, equivalent to 53.11 mg at metricization and equal to exactly 54.25 mg from 1812–1839 as part of the mesures usuelles.
- A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
- Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
- Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.
- One of the branches of a valley or river.
- The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
- Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
- A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
- A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
- A single particle of a substance.
- The carat grain of ¹⁄₄ carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale between 0% and 100% purity.
- An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.
- A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.
- The English grain of ¹⁄₅₇₆₀ troy pound or ¹⁄₇₀₀₀ pound avoirdupois, now exactly 64.79891 mg.
- The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.
- A single seed of grass food crops.
- The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
- Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times.
- The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
- A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.
- The metric, carat, or pearl grain of ¹⁄₄ carat used for measuring precious stones and pearls, now exactly 50 mg.
- The crops from which grain is harvested.
- A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
verb
- To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
- To feed grain to.
- To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
- To soften leather.
- To make granular; to form into grains.
- To yield fruit.
- To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
adj
- Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
- Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
- Lacking depth of character or understanding; lacking substance or significance.
- Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
- Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely.
- Situated or occurring on the skin or immediately beneath it.
- Denoting a quantity of a material expressed in terms of area covered rather than linear dimension or volume.
noun
noun
- A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
- Marriage.
- The taut surface of a trampoline.
- Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
- The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
- The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
- Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
- Sexual activity.
- A garden plot.
- A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.
- The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
- An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
- A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
- The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
- A course of stone or brick in a wall.
- Time spent in a bed.
- A deposit of ore, coal, etc.
- A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
- A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
- The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river.
- The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
- The horizontal surface of a building stone.
- The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
- One's place of sleep or rest.
- A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
verb
- To settle, as machinery.
- To go to bed.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
- To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.
- To furnish with a bed or bedding.
- To set out (plants) in a garden bed.
- To place in a bed.
- To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.
- To put oneself to sleep.
- To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
noun
- drawing of an exterior of a structure
- the event of something being raised upward
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- a raised or elevated geological formation
- distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
- (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump
- the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
noun
- A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
- One who, or that which, stretches.
- A piece of timber used in building.
- One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.
- A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
- A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
- A board against which a rower places his feet.
- A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
- A brick laid with the longest side exposed (compare header).
verb
noun
- an outer surface (usually thin)
- a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
- body covering of a living animal
- a person's skin regarded as their life
- a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent
- a person whose head is bald or shaved
- the rind of a fruit or vegetable
- a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
verb
noun
- an abstract painting
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- the act of withdrawing or removing something
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
- a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
verb
- To engrave a surface.
- To make a lasting impression.
- To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
- To sketch; to delineate.
noun
- The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.
- The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
- The removal of someone from office.
- The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.
- The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
- The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.
- The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)
noun
- a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
- designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
- the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
- event whose occurrence ends something
- (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
- the act of finishing
verb
adj
verb
- To glide or soar.
- To smooth (wood) with a plane.
- To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water.
noun
- A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc. (Compare wing, airfoil, hydrofoil.)
- A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
- A level of existence or development.
- An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
- A sycamore.
- Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
- A level or flat surface.
- An airplane; an aeroplane.
- The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
- A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
- A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
noun
- Artwork.
- The study and the product of these processes.
- Aesthetic value.
- The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
- The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
- A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
- A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
- Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
- Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
noun
noun
- A square piece, part, or surface.
- An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
- A well-defined core of a human body, a flat section from the fundament to the thoracic diaphragm.
- A cell in a grid.
- The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
- An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
- A street surrounding a public square or plaza.
- The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
- A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
- A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
- A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
- A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology.
- The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
- Cigarette.
- The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
- A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
- A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
- The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
- A mortarboard.
- The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
- A vat used for fermentation.
- A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
verb
- To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.
- Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
- To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
- To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.
- To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
- To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
- To hold a quartile position respecting.
- To form with four sides and four right angles.
- To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
- To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
- To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
- To tile (completely fill) with squares.
- To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular
- To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
- To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
adj
- Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
- Shaped like a square (the polygon).
- Honest; straightforward; fair.
- Even; tied
- Solid, decent, substantial.
- Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
- Socially conventional; boring.
- Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning.
- Forming right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
- Forming a right angle (90°).
- In line with the batsman's popping crease.
- Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.
- Hypernyms: rectangular, polygonal
adv
noun
- Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
- A person; the self; (reflexively, objectifying) oneself.
- The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
- A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
- The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
- The mouth.
- The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
- One's facial expression.
- A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
- A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
- The front surface of a bat.
- The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
- Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
- The frontal aspect of something.
- The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
- The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
- Public image; outward appearance.
- Presence; sight; front.
- An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
- Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
- The directed force of something.
- Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
- The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- A typeface.
- A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
verb
- To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
- To have the front in a certain direction.
- To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.
- To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
- To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
- To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- To have as an opponent.
- To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
- To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
- To be the batsman on strike.
- To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
- To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
- To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
English words for 'The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.'
As you may have noticed, above you will find words for "The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.". Hover the mouse over the word you'd like to know more about to view its definition. Click 
to find a better fitting word. Finally, thanks to ChatGPT, the overall results have been greatly improved.
Recent Queries
help desk
self-portrait
A poseur
cutthroat
stray
placebo
Dixie.
tall hat
to touch lightly
pizza parlor (parlour)
malt
taking responsibility
pestering
logic circuit
The Isle of Man
hands-on training
phylogenetic
next morning
A Roman Catholic
to be outdone (by)
traffic in slaves
spinning mill
standard size
Latin
boutique
whitebait
maid of honor
trounce.
a jot.
to drag up
to hold one's breath
conflicting
nightcap
red tape
brewer
going together
RV
to be clear
willing
nozzle
God.
forceful
ample
frustration
amiable
rent
incessantly
she
resignation
abuse