The meaning of Contour
Contour – definition
nounAn outline representing or bounding the shape or form of something.
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She traced the contours of his face with her fingernounA way in which something varies, especially the pitch of music or the pattern of tones in an utterance.
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He wrote with great sympathy and imagination for the voice, imitating the melodic contours and rhyt…
verbMould into a specific shape, especially one designed to fit into something else.
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The compartment has been contoured with smooth rounded cornersverbMark (a map or diagram) with contour lines.
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A variety of different data sources have been compiled to contour the mapsverb(of a road or railway) follow the outline of (a topographical feature), especially along a contour line.
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The road contours the hillside
nounThe shape of a mass of land or other object, esp. of its surface, or the shape formed by its outer edge
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The distinctive contour of florida’s coast
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Word origin
mid 17th century: from French, from Italian contorno, from contornare ‘draw in outline’, from con- ‘together’ + tornare ‘to turn’.
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