silhouette
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the distance around a person's bodysynonyms: corpulence
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the outline of objects seen against the sky
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an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)type of:contourthe line that appears to bound an object
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a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)synonyms: figure, représentationtypes:marionnettea small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteerbonhomme de neigea figure of a person made of packed snowmannequina life-size dummy used to display clothestype of:maquetterepresentation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
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a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
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Vocabulary lists containing silhouette
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