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still life

–noun, plural still lifes.
1. a representation chiefly of inanimate objects, as a painting of a bowl of fruit.
2. the category of subject matter in which inanimate objects are represented, as in painting or photography.

Origin:
1635–45


still-life, adjective
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still life  
n.   pl. still lifes
  1. Representation of inanimate objects, such as flowers or fruit, in painting or photography.

  2. A painting, picture, or photograph of inanimate objects.

still'-life' (stĭl'līf') adj.
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