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Descriptions

A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

📖 Definitions of "Descriptions"

noun
  1. 1

    A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

  2. 2

    The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

  3. 3

    A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.

    "The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description."

  4. 4

    A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.

    "The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist."

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