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Silhouette

/ˌsɪ.luːˈwɛt/

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.

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📖 Definitions of "Silhouette"

noun

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.
"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."

verb

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

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Silhouette"

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Word	Definition
shadownoun	A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
figurenoun	A drawing or diagram conveying information.
outlinenoun	A general description of some subject.
profilenoun	(countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
framenoun	The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
shapenoun	A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
appearancenoun	The way something looks; personal presence
sizenoun	The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
shadenoun	(uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
halftonenoun	(printing) A picture made by using the process of half-toning.
graylingnoun	Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.
contournoun	An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
tracerynoun	(architecture) Bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature.
lineamentnoun	A distinctive feature that characterizes something, especially the parts of a person’s face.
sketchnoun	(ambitransitive) To make a brief, basic drawing.
delineationnoun	The act of delineating; depiction.
formnoun	(heading, physical) To do with shape.
cutoutnoun	Alternative spelling of cut-out. [A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting.]
skylinenoun	The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.
shadowgraphnoun	A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.