contour

Speech parts

1. contour - Noun

2. contour - Verb

Meaning

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

form shape configuration contour line curve relief profile outline conformation silhouette topography ridge lin cam frieze
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Antonyms

centre beginning ground meaning base basis
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Hypernyms

feature characteristic outline isometric delineate limn

Hyponyms

curve curvature sharpness narrowing stratification convexity

Phrases with the word

depth contour musical contour weather contour temperature contour contour lines contour plowing

Anagrams

cornuto countor crouton

Examples

Contour refers to the pattern of musical pitch in a melody-the sequence of ups or downs that the melody takes-regardless of the size of the interval. Daniel Levitin

The contour should come last, only a very experienced eye can place it rightly. Eugène Delacroix

Believe in the holy contour of life. Jack Kerouac

I turned around and saw the crease on the bed where Camilla had been seated, the sensuous contour where her thighs and hips had sunk beneath the softness of the blue chenille bedspread. then I forgot Sammy, and wild with longing I threw myself upon my knees before the spot and kissed it reverently. John Fante

As an architect, I learned to think and express myself on flat forms, on paper, and to imagine the contour of the lines of a design. Gianfranco Ferre

The configuration of the ocean-floor is of great interest to seismologists studying the movements of the Earth's crust. Oceanographers are also able to explain certain peculiarities of ocean currents by the contour of the ocean-bed. But enormous areas are still unexplored. Paul J. H. Schoemaker

Close letter words and terms

contortrostatin contortuplicate Contos contour chase contour feather contour integral