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1. (n.) silhouette
a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a person's profile, filled in with black or another color.
2. silhouette
the outline or general shape of something.
3. silhouette
a dark image outlined against a lighter background.
4. (v.t.) silhouette
to show in or as if in a silhouette.
Etymology: (1790–1800; < F after Etienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French finance minister)
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| Definition of 'silhouette' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) silhouette
an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
2. (verb) silhouette
a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
3. (verb) silhouette
project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette
4. (verb) silhouette
represent by a silhouette
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| Definition of 'silhouette' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) silhouette
a representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be
2. (verb) silhouette
to represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette
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| Definitions of 'silhouette' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. silhouette
name given to the profile of a portrait filled in with black; a design familiar to the ancients, and in vogue in France during the reign of Louis XV.
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Sense: an outline drawing of a person
A silhouette in a silver frame hung on the wall.
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 Afrikaans: buitelyntekening |
 Arabic: صورةٌ ظِلِّيَّه |
 Bulgarian: силует |
 Brazilian: silhueta |
 Czech: silueta |
 German: die Silhouette, das Schat |
 Danish: silhuet |
 Greek: σκιαγράφημα |
 Spanish: silueta |
 Estonian: siluett |
 Farsi: تصوير |
 Finnish: siluetti |
 French: silhouette |
 Hebrew: צְלָלִית |
 Hindi: बाह्य रेखा दिखलाने वाला च |
 Croatian: silueta, obris |
 Hungarian: sziluett |
 Indonesian: profil |
 Icelandic: útlínumynd |
 Italian: profilo |
 Japanese: シルエット |
 Korean: 그림자 그림 |
 Lithuanian: siluetas |
 Latvian: siluets; aprises |
 Malay: siluet |
 Dutch: silhouet |
 Norwegian: silhuett, skyggebilde |
 Polish: sylwetka |
 Persian: تصوير |
 Pashto: نيم مخى (لكه څيره)، سيورى |
 Portuguese: silhueta |
 Romanian: siluetă |
 Russian: силуэт |
 Slovak: silueta |
 Slovenian: obris |
 Serbian: silueta |
 Swedish: silhuett |
 Thai: โครงร่าง |
 Turkish: siluet |
 Taiwanese: 人物素描(輪廓) |
 Ukrainian: силует |
 Urdu: بیرونی خطوط پر مبنی شبیہ |
 Vietnamese: chân dung |
 Chinese: 人物素描 |
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