'Silhouette' definitions:
Definition of 'silhouette'
(from WordNet)
noun
An outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
noun
A drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
verb
Project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette
verb
Represent by a silhouette
Definition of 'Silhouette'
From: GCIDE
- Silhouette \Sil`hou*ette"\, v. t. To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. [Recent] [1913 Webster]
- A flock of roasting vultures silhouetted on the sky. --The Century. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Silhouette'
From: GCIDE
- Silhouette \Sil`hou*ette"\, n. [F.; -- so called from Etienne de Silhoutte, a French minister of finance in 1759, whise diversion it was to make such portraits on the walls of his apartments.] A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'silhouette'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adumbration,
- black and white,
- broad lines,
- brouillon,
- cartoon,
- charcoal,
- charcoal drawing,
- chiaroscuro,
- configuration,
- contour,
- crayon,
- dark shade,
- delineate,
- delineation,
- design,
- diagram,
- doodle,
- draft,
- drawing,
- ebauche,
- echo,
- esquisse,
- features,
- figuration,
- figure,
- framework,
- galbe,
- gestalt,
- gloom,
- graph,
- head,
- limn,
- line,
- line drawing,
- lineaments,
- lineation,
- lines,
- main features,
- mere shadow,
- miniature,
- outline,
- pastel,
- pen-and-ink,
- pencil drawing,
- penumbra,
- portrait,
- portraiture,
- portrayal,
- profile,
- reflection,
- reflex,
- relief,
- rough copy,
- rough draft,
- rough outline,
- shade,
- shadiness,
- shadow,
- shadows numberless,
- shapes,
- silver-print drawing,
- sinopia,
- skeleton,
- sketch,
- skiagram,
- skiagraph,
- study,
- tournure,
- tracing,
- umbra,
- umbrage,
- umbrageousness,
- vignette