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Silhouette

/ˌsɪ.lʊˈwɛt/ · noun

Meaning

An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be..

Definitions by Sense

  1. An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
  2. (fashion) The outline of a garment as it appears on the wearer.
  3. To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.

Example Sentences

I could see a silhouette of a figure looking out from the window, but I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman.
At Stirling, we obtained a wonderful silhouette view of the Wallace Monument, and the dark line of the Ochil Hills, and the castle stood out clearly against the afterglow of the sunset.
A-line is a classic silhouette for dresses and skirts.
Scores of coconut-shell fires blazed with their characteristic glaring white flame, throwing grotesque shadows on the brown thatched huts, dancing fairylike shimmerings among the domes of coconut fronds, casting ghostly reaches of light through the adjacent graveyards, and silhouetting the forms of pareu-clad natives at work cleaning their fish or laying them on the live coals to broil.
Driving 2-6-2 locomotive No. 4771 Green Arrow, Blunt suddenly noticed that the tunnel mouth was silhouetted in a dazzling white glare and that incendiary bombs were showering down in their hundreds, he slammed on all his brakes and brought his train to a stop just inside the tunnel.

Synonyms for silhouette

Antonyms for silhouette

Related Words

shadowfigureoutlineprofileframeshapeappearancesizeshadehalftonegraylingcontourtracerylineamentsketchdelineationformcutoutskylineshadowgraph

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What does silhouette mean?

Silhouette means An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be..

What is a synonym for silhouette?

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What is the opposite of silhouette?

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How do you use silhouette in a sentence?

I could see a silhouette of a figure looking out from the window, but I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman.

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