silhouette
silh
ˌsÉĒl
sil
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ē
uette
ˈwɛt
vet
/sˌÉĒlƊwˈɛt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "silhouette"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāĻŋāϞ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ, āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ

a drawing that depicts the outline of someone or something that is in a single black color and against a light background, often from the side
silhouette definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist specialized in creating intricate paper-cut silhouettes, using sharp scissors to craft detailed profiles against a white background.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āϏāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻĒāϟāĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻĢāĻžāχāϞ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜ-āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āϏāĻŋāϞ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŋāϞ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ, āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻž

the dark shape and outline of an object, visible against a lighter background, often seen as a shadow
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She admired the silhouette of the tree, its branches spread wide against the evening sky.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŋāϞ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ āφāρāĻ•āĻž, āϏāĻŋāϞ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to depict a subject solely by its dark outline against a contrasting field, omitting all interior detail
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
For the magazine cover, the artist silhouetted the city skyline in deep black to emphasize its iconic shapes.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϜāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§āĻ›āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āϰāϙ⧇ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āϕ⧀ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŋāϞ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to throw the outline of an object or person onto a surface by backlighting, so it appears as a dark shape
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stagehands silhouetted the dancers on the backdrop by placing spotlights at their feet.
**āĻŽāĻžā§āϚāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰāĻž āύāĻ°ā§āϤāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϟāϞāĻžāχāϟ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϟāĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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