delineation

delineation is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively.
2. noun. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words.
3. noun. representation by drawing or painting etc

   Synonyms: depiction, portrayal

4. noun. a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

   Synonyms: depiction, limning

5. noun. a graphic or vivid verbal description

   "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"

   "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"

   Synonyms: depiction, picture

Synonyms

depiction, portrayal, limning, picture

Common word forms

delineations

Words from these letters

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