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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sil•hou•ette /ˌsɪluˈɛt/USA pronunciation n., v., -et•ted, -et•ting. n. [countable] - a picture of the outline of an object, filled in with black.
- the outline of something.
v. [~ + object] - to show in or as if in a silhouette.
Idioms- in silhouette, [uncountable] represented, drawn, or appearing in or as an outline.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sil•hou•ette (sil′o̅o̅ et′),USA pronunciation n., v., -et•ted, -et•ting. n. - a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, esp. a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a famous person's face.
- the outline or general shape of something:the slim silhouette of a skyscraper.
- a dark image outlined against a lighter background.
v.t. - to show in or as if in a silhouette.
- Printingto remove the background details from (a halftone cut) so as to produce an outline effect.
- French à la silhouette, after Etienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French finance minister
- 1790–1800
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: silhouette /ˌsɪluːˈɛt/ n - the outline of a solid figure as cast by its shadow
- an outline drawing filled in with black, often a profile portrait cut out of black paper and mounted on a light ground
vb - (transitive) to cause to appear in silhouette
Etymology: 18th Century: named after Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French politician, perhaps referring to silhouettes as partial portraits, with a satirical allusion to Silhouette's brief career as controller general (1759) |