silhouette
Meaning of silhouette
noun
- 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 appears to be.
I could see a silhouette of a figure looking out from the window, but I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman.
verb
To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
Information about silhouette
- The plural form of silhouette is: silhouettes.
- Languages in which silhouette is used:
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Hyphenation of silhouette
sil-hou-ette
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- silhouette is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Translation of silhouette
- Portuguese: silhueta
- Spanish: silueta
- French: silhouette
- Italian: silhouette
Words that rhyme with silhouette
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