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    silhouette
    /ˌsɪlʊˈɛt/

    noun

    • 1. the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible in restricted light against a brighter background: "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 brighter background: "the castle was silhouetted against the sky"

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  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › silhouetteSILHOUETTE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    A silhouette is a dark shape seen against a light surface, or a dark shape seen against a light background. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, synonyms, and usage with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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

    A silhouette is a picture or outline of an object filled in with a solid color, usually black, or the outline of an object seen against the light. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and related articles of silhouette.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › silhouetteSILHOUETTE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    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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  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › silhouetteSILHOUETTE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    A silhouette is the solid dark shape that you see when someone or something has a bright light or pale background behind them. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of silhouette in different contexts.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › silhouetteSILHOUETTE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    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. asymmetry. flecked. formlessly. fretted. geoglyph. reticulation. scalloped.

  9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › silhouetteSilhouette - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    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. A silhouette, pronounced "sil-ooh-ET," can be mysterious. After all, you can only see the shape of the person or object.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionsilhouette noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

    silhouette. noun. /ˌsɪluˈet/. /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.

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