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contour
[ kon-toor ]
noun
- the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.
Synonyms: boundary, form, configuration
- 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)
- to mark with contour lines.
- to make or form the contour or outline of.
- to build (a road, railroad track, etc.) in conformity with the contour of the land.
- to mold or shape so as to fit a certain configuration:
cars with seats that are contoured for comfort.
- to apply foundation and bronzer along the natural bone structure of (the face) to create definition:
ways to contour your nose.
adjective
- molded or shaped to fit a particular contour or form:
contour seats.
- 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.
contour
/ ˈkɒntʊə /
noun
- the outline of a mass of land, figure, or body; a defining line
- See contour line
- ( as modifier )
a contour map
- often plural the shape or surface, esp of a curving form
the contours of her body were full and round
- modifier shaped to fit the form of something
a contour chair
- a rising and falling variation pattern, as in music and intonation
verb
- to shape so as to form the contour of something
- to mark contour lines on
- to construct (a road, railway, etc) to follow the outline of the land
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Other Words From
- re·con·tour verb (used with object)
- un·con·toured adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contour1
C17: from French, from Italian contorno, from contornare to sketch, from tornare to turn
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