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model

Definitions of model
  1. noun
    a particular kind (as to appearance)
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    soort
    a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
  2. noun
    a representative form or pattern
    synonyms: exempel, voorbeeld
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    types:
    imago, paradigma, productiemodel, produktiemodel, proefmodel, prototype
    a standard or typical example
    microkosmos
    a miniature model of something
    archetype, grondvorm, minuut, oerbeeld, oervorm, origineel, standaardvoorbeeld, type
    something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
    boormal, mal
    a model or standard for making comparisons
  3. noun
    a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
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    assistent, assistente, dienstknecht, helper, hulpje, hulpkracht, knecht, waterdrager
    a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
  4. noun
    a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
    synonyms: gidsland, pasdame
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    types:
    schildersmodel
    a person who poses for a painter or sculptor
    fotomodel
    a model who poses for photographers
    pin-up
    a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
    type of:
    assistent, assistente, dienstknecht, helper, hulpje, hulpkracht, knecht, waterdrager
    a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
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