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tʊər noun
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Phonetics. a distinctive pattern of changes in pitch, stress, or tone extending across all or part of an utterance, especially across a sentence, and contributing to meaning.
verb (used with object)
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to mark with contour lines.
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to make or form the contour or outline of.
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to build (a road, railroad track, etc.) in conformity with the contour of the land.
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to mold or shape so as to fit a certain configuration: cars with seats that are contoured for comfort.
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So is resonant. Does it mean:
| a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate |
| articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h-sound of how or in the release of initial stops, as in the k-sound of key |
adjective
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molded or shaped to fit a particular contour or form: contour seats.
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Agriculture. of or used in a system of plowing, cultivating, sowing, etc., along the contour lines of the land in order to trap water runoff and prevent erosion.
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contour (ˈkɒntʊə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the outline of a mass of land, figure, or body; a defining line |
| 2. | a. See contour line |
| b. (as modifier): a contour map | |
| 3. | (often plural) the shape or surface, esp of a curving form: the contours of her body were full and round |
| 4. | (modifier) shaped to fit the form of something: a contour chair |
| 5. | a rising and falling variation pattern, as in music and intonation |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to shape so as to form the contour of something |
| 7. | to mark contour lines on |
| 8. | to construct (a road, railway, etc) to follow the outline of the land |
| [C17: from French, from Italian contorno, from contornare to sketch, from tornare to | |
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Word Origin & History
contour
1660s, a term in painting and sculpture, from Fr. contour "circumference, outline," from M.L. contornare "to go around," from L. com- intens. prefix + tornare "to turn in a lathe," from tornus "lathe" (see turn). First recorded application to topography is from 1769. Related:
Contoured (1725). Contour line in geography is from 1844.
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Example sentences
Snap on an elevation layer-contour lines-and the landscape jumps into relief.
Here is a statistical explanation of contour grouping.
There is no marked change as far as the general contour is concerned.
Complete recovery can be expected, with the scalp regaining its normal contour.
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