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    Contour

    Definitions

    1 | noun | a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height 2 | noun | any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) 3 | noun | a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure 4 | verb | form the contours of

    Pronunciation

    k'ont, oor (IPA: kˈɒntˌʊr)

    Hyphenation

    con-tour (7 letters | 2 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1662 (European Renaissance) (363 years ago)

    Word origins

    French | | Latin

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    contours | contoured | contouring

    Synonyms

    contour line | configuration | conformation | form | shape (total: 5)

    Narrower terms

    thalweg | angularity | bluntness | concaveness | concavity | convexity | convexness | crookedness | curvature | curve | dullness | keenness | lobularity | narrowing | roundness | ... (total: 20)

    Broader terms

    isometric | isometric line | spatiality | spatial property | characteristic | feature | delineate | limn | outline (total: 9)

    Rhymes

    (none among common words)

    Lexically close words

    contort

    Anagram

    crouton

    Phrases

    contour feather | contour language | contour line | contour map | contour sheet | pitch contour (total: 6)

    Other notable uses

    contour.com | contour.net | contour.org | contour.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Bucket seat feature | Look around a prison? | Outline | Topographic map feature (total: 4) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    9 (International English) | 9 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) 266-8687

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