n.
Pronunciation: ˌ si-l ə - ' wet
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Étienne de Silhouette † 1767 French controller general of finances; perhaps from his ephemeral tenure
Date: 1783
1 : a likeness cut from dark material and mounted on a light ground or one sketched in outline and solidly colored in
2 : the outline of a body viewed as circumscribing a mass <the silhouette of a bird>
synonyms see OUTLINE