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silhouette
Meaning: the dark outline of someone or something against a lighter background
silhouette in a sentence
How silhouette is used in real sentences:
At sunset, we could only make out the silhouette of the mountain range.
Through the frosted window, all she could see was the silhouette of someone pacing back and forth in the hallway.
“At dawn, an egret's silhouette stood against the silver water, while a furtive rail slipped through reeds as if unwilling to be observed.”
— from the passage When the Water Returned
Synonyms for silhouette
Other words for silhouette — outline, profile and shadow — carry the same meaning.
- outline
- profile
- shadow
Where it comes from
From the name Étienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister associated with cheap, shadow-like portraits
Memory hook
SIL-HOU-ette — picture a shadowy outline cut from black paper, like the minister's cheap portraits.
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