'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]