silhouette
a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
the outline or general shape of something: the slim silhouette of a skyscraper.
a dark image outlined against a lighter background.
to show in or as if in a silhouette.
Printing. to remove the background details from (a halftone cut) so as to produce an outline effect.
Origin of silhouette
1Other words from silhouette
- un·sil·hou·et·ted, adjective
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How to use silhouette in a sentence
The leg brace that allows Alex Smith to play footballPatsis turned the fixator into a silhouette of the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Meet the artist who rebuilt Alex Smith’s old leg brace into a Lombardi Trophy | Nicki Jhabvala | January 6, 2021 | Washington PostOnly this miniaturized A-12, whose silhouette sits stark against scrubby plants—its nose pointed toward Home Plate.
A CIA spyplane crashed outside Area 51 a half-century ago. This explorer found it. | Sarah Scoles | January 5, 2021 | Popular-ScienceOthers are designed specifically with saving space in mind, and those models may sport a small footprint and a taller silhouette.
The Ultralight comes in men’s and women’s versions and cuts a slim, flattering silhouette in both.
Velocio's Ultralight Jacket Is Your Fall Cycling Staple | Gloria Liu | October 22, 2020 | Outside OnlineMy shadow resembled a silhouette painted against an old Appalachian road.
How Biking Across America Formed an Unlikely Friendship | Raffi Joe Wartanian | October 8, 2020 | Outside Online
The dating process produced an astounding age of roughly 39,900 years old for the silhouetted handprints.
The ad shows firefighters silhouetted against a raging fire.
The NRA’s Multimillion-Dollar New Ad Campaign Is Despicable | Michael Daly | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBeside the Scola Brothers Grocery is a sycamore, its branches silhouetted against the white wall.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis | Stanley Booth | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe sun is so fierce that objects seem to be silhouetted, not only in black or white, but in blue, red, brown, violet.
Cézanne’s Letter to Pissarro: Picture Business Isn’t Going Well | | October 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA silhouetted woman's shape is twisted and distorted until it looks alien.
Lady Gaga, Avril Lavigne & More Best Music Videos of the Week (VIDEO) | Victoria Kezra | August 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had seen through a powerful naval glass some figures standing erect and silhouetted against the sky on the parapet.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonDelancy picked himself up, ran, his thick, toadlike body silhouetted by the truck lights.
She had removed her hat, and her face, silhouetted against the dark cushions, startled both the young men with its beauty.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesAll eyes turned up to where the rim of the mountain was silhouetted against the moonlit sky.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O | Clair BlankJust below the sky-line of the first slope to eastward was silhouetted a figure on horseback.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
British Dictionary definitions for silhouette
/ (ˌsɪluːˈɛt) /
the outline of a solid figure as cast by its shadow
an outline drawing filled in with black, often a profile portrait cut out of black paper and mounted on a light ground
(tr) to cause to appear in silhouette
Origin of silhouette
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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