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   Sil·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"
   • ▪ a representation of someone or something showing the shape and outline only, typically colored in solid black.

   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"

   Word Origin late 18th century: named (although the reason remains uncertain) after Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French author and politician.

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   What is silhouette?

   • Definition of silhouette noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary [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 mountains stood out in silhouette. The trees were black silhouettes against the pale sky.

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   What does à la Silhouette mean?

   • The phrase à la Silhouette came to mean "on the cheap," and portraits like the ones he produced were (satirically) bestowed with his name as well. outline, contour, profile, silhouette mean the line that bounds and gives form to something. outline applies to a line marking the outer limits or edges of a body or mass.

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   What does a silhouette look like?

   • A silhouette is the solid dark shape that you see when someone or something has a bright light or pale background behind them. The dark silhouette of the castle ruins stood out boldly against the fading light. The silhouette of something is the outline that it has, which often helps you to recognize it.

   SILHOUETTE definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary

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   Is silhouette a French name?

   • A silhouette of a skate. Borrowed from French silhouette, from the name of Étienne de Silhouette (1709-1767), a French politician. His surname, in turn, is ( gallicized) Basque, from Ziloeta or Zilhoeta, modern Basque Zulueta, from the local plural (see -ak) stern of zulo (“hole, cave”) . silhouette (plural silhouettes)

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3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › silhouetteSilhouette Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of SILHOUETTE is a likeness cut from dark material and mounted on a light ground or one sketched in outline and solidly colored in. How to use silhouette in a sentence.

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   Silhouette definition: 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.. See examples of SILHOUETTE used in a sentence.

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   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. 4. to show in or as if in a silhouette.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › silhouettesilhouette | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   the shape of something when the light is behind it so that you cannot see any details: He saw a woman in silhouette. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. silhouetted. adjective. the roofs silhouetted against the night sky.

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   silhouette. [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 mountains stood out in silhouette. The trees were black silhouettes against the pale sky.

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9. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › silhouetteSILHOUETTE definition in American English | Collins English ...

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   3 days ago · 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.

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    Feb 2, 2024 · An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color (s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appea...