contours

Meaning of contours

noun
  1. An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
    the low drag contour of a modern automobile
  2. A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.
  3. A speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.

Information about contours

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of contours is: contour.
  • Languages ​​in which contours is used:

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Hyphenation of contours

con-tours

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • contours is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of contours

cornutos, outscorn

Words that rhyme with contours

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