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Meaning: A line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height Classified under: Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents Synonyms: contour; contour line Hypernyms ("contour" is a kind of...): isometric; isometric line (a line connecting isometric points) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "contour"): thalweg (a line following the lowest points of a valley)
Meaning: Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) Classified under: Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects Synonyms: shape; configuration; conformation; contour; form Context example: he could barely make out their shapes Hypernyms ("contour" is a kind of...): spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space) Attribute: straight (having no deviations) crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "contour"): keenness; sharpness (thinness of edge or fineness of point) stratification (a layered configuration) crookedness (having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles) straightness (freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles) roundness (the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular) curvature; curve (the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface) narrowing (an instance of becoming narrow) angularity (the property possessed by a shape that has angles) convexity; convexness (the property possessed by a convex shape) concaveness; concavity (the property possessed by a concave shape) lobularity (the property of having lobules) topography (the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features) bluntness; dullness (without sharpness or clearness of edge or point)
Meaning: A feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure Classified under: Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents Context examples: the contours of the melody / it defines a major contour of this administration Hypernyms ("contour" is a kind of...): characteristic; feature (a prominent aspect of something)
Meaning: Form the contours of Classified under: Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing Hypernyms (to "contour" is one way to...): delineate; limn; outline (trace the shape of) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "contour"): streamline (contour economically or efficiently) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." (English proverb) "The more you mow the lawn, the faster the grass grows." (Albanian proverb) "Proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten." (Nigerian proverb) "Postponement is cancellation." (Dutch proverb) Useful links: spatiality definition Pronunciation of crookedness concaveness definition Pronunciation of topography outline definition
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