silhouet
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[A] portion of the John Boyd Thatcher^([sic]) collection of commissions, documents, autograph letters and portraits; a case containing silhouets of famous Colonial personages, a silhouet ring, some smoked silhouets, […]"
- "If a soln. of Ag resinate in benzene be exposed to partial illumination by means of a silhouet it is found that the Ag is deposited on the illuminated part."
- "The silhouets on this page, illustrating the coming contest between Dempsey and Charpentier, were cut out with an ordinary pair of nail scissors for Vanity Fair by Hunt Diederich."
- "Dresses have departed from the straight-line severity of last season and show great diversity of design. One may choose the semi-princess silhouet or the flared peplum, the bloused silhouet, the bolero or the caplet effects."
- "You’ve heard a lot this season about the new Princess silhouet that makes this year’s dressy coat look so different. This silhouet features broad shoulders, a fitted, slim bodice and waistline, with full, flared swing skirt."
- "They were rather fast silhouets, and the shapes were very fluid compared with the intermediates before the ’68 models."
Usage
- American usage