Silhouette

Quick meaning: Silhouette is a noun meaning (fashion) The outline of a garment as it appears on the wearer.

Meaning

(fashion) The outline of a garment as it appears on the wearer.

More Meanings

1. To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
2. 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.

Example Sentences

A-line is a classic silhouette for dresses and skirts.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• silhouettes
• silhouet
• silhouetting
• silhouetted

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shadow, figure, outline, profile, frame, shape.

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