silhouette
🇺🇸
/ˌsɪluˈet/
🇬🇧
/ˌsɪluˈet/
noun
R
The outline or shape of something that you can see when it is dark against a light background.
The trees made a beautiful silhouette against the sunset.
R
The shape of a person's body or an object.
The silhouette of the dancer was graceful.
R
A picture that shows the shape of something as a dark shape against a light background.
We took a picture of the skyline with our silhouettes in the foreground.
verb
R
To cause something to appear as a dark shape against a light background.
The moon silhouetted the mountains in the night sky.
translation
The outline or shape of something that you can see when it is dark against a light background.; The shape of a person's body or an object.; A picture that shows the shape of something as a dark shape against a light background.
To cause something to appear as a dark shape against a light background.
Word Forms
3rd Present
silhouettes
Past
silhouetted
Perfect
silhouetted
Progressive
silhouetting
Plural
silhouettes