contour

contour is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.
2. noun. The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.
3. noun. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

   "he could barely make out their shapes"

   Synonyms: configuration, conformation, form, shape

4. noun. a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure

   "the contours of the melody"

   "it defines a major contour of this administration"

5. noun. a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
6. verb. form the contours of

Synonyms

configuration, conformation, form, shape

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in contour:

cornuto, countor, crouton

Common word forms

contours, contoured, contouring

Words from these letters

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