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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"
   • ▪ a representation of someone or something showing the shape and outline only, typically coloured in solid black: "we can always use a silhouette of Father Christmas"

   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"

   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 Learner's Dictionary [countable, uncountable] the dark outline or shape of a person or an object that you see against a light background The trees were black silhouettes against the pale sky. in silhouette The mountains stood out in silhouette. Want to learn more?

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   What does a silhouette look like?

   • 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. So, it's fitting that the word's origin is a little mysterious, too.

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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 is the silhouette of a shirt?

   • The silhouette of something is the outline that it has, which often helps you to recognize it. The shirt's ideal worn loose over leggings or tuck it in for a streamlined silhouette. 3. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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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. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Silhouette.

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   a dark shape seen against a light background: [ U ] An unidentified witness was shown on camera in silhouette.

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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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   noun [ C/U ] us / ˌsɪl·uˈet / Add to word list. a dark shape seen against a light background: [ U ] An unidentified witness was shown on camera in silhouette.

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   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.

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   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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    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.