Silhouette : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Silhouette	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Silhouette
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
silhouette n an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow) a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color v project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette represent by a silhouette
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Silhouette \Sil`hou*ette"\, v. t. To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. [Recent] A flock of roasting vultures silhouetted on the sky. --The Century.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Silhouette \Sil`hou*ette"\, n. [F.; -- so called from Etienne de Silhoutte, a French minister of finance in 1759, whise diversion it was to make such portraits on the walls of his apartments.] A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.