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silhouette
the dark outline of someone or something against a lighter background
Synonyms
- outline
- profile
- shadow
silhouette in a sentence
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.
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.
Read it in context
- When the Water Returned Nature
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