silhouette
1 [uncountable and countable] a dark image,
shadow, or shape that you see against a light background
silhouette of
a dark silhouette of domes and minarets
silhouette against
Soon the bombers would return, black silhouettes
against a pale sky.
in silhouette
The old windmill stood out in silhouette.
2 [uncountable and countable] a drawing of
something or someone, often from the side, showing a black shape against a
light background:
silhouette pictures of snowmen and reindeer
in silhouette
a picture of Mozart in silhouette
3 [countable] the particular shape certain clothes
give you:
Fitted clothes often give the neatest silhouettes.
—silhouetted adjective:
tall chimney stacks
silhouetted against the orange flames
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