silhouette
(noun) a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
silhouette
(noun) an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
silhouette
(verb) represent by a silhouette
silhouette
(verb) project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette
Source: WordNet® 3.1
silhouette (plural silhouettes)
An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. [mid 19th c.]
silhouette (third-person singular simple present silhouettes, present participle silhouetting, simple past and past participle silhouetted)
To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. [late 19th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Sil`hou*ette", n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: 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.
Sil`hou*ette", v. t.
Definition: To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. [Recent] A flock of roasting vultures silhouetted on the sky. The Century.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 May 2024
(adjective) at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; “early morning”; “an early warning”; “early diagnosis”; “an early death”; “took early retirement”; “an early spring”; “early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
