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- DictionarySil·hou·ette/ˌsiləˈwet/
noun
- 1. the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, especially in dim light: "she paused to see its silhouette against the dimming sky"
verb
- 1. cast or show (someone or something) as a dark shape and outline against a lighter background: "the castle was silhouetted against the sky"
noun [ C or U ] uk / ˌsɪl.uˈet / us / ˌsɪl.əˈwet / Add to word list. a dark shape seen against a light surface: The silhouette of the bare tree on the hill was clear against the winter sky. Paco Navarro/Blend Images/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Patterns and shapes. amorphous. arabesque. argyle. asymmetrically.
A silhouette is dark shadow, like a silhouette of a person standing under a street lamp, or a drawing that shows only the shape of an object.
the shape of something when the light is behind it so that you cannot see any details: He saw a woman in silhouette. silhouetted. adjective. the roofs silhouetted against the night sky. (Definition of silhouette from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
2 days ago · noun. 1. a. an outline, esp. a profile portrait, made either by cutting from black paper and fixing on a light background, or by drawing and then filling in with a solid color. b. any dark shape or figure seen against a light background. 2. the outline of a figure, garment, etc.; contour.
1. a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a person's profile, filled in with black or another color. 2. the outline or general shape of something. 3. a dark image outlined against a lighter background. v.t. 4. to show in or as if in a silhouette.
noun. /ˌsɪluˈet/ [countable, uncountable] the dark outline or shape of a person or an object that you see against a light background. the silhouette of chimneys and towers. The trees were black silhouettes against the pale sky. in silhouette The mountains stood out in silhouette. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
A silhouette ( English: / ˌsɪluˈɛt /, [1] French: [silwɛt]) is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject.
