| Main Entry: | contour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outline, profile |
Synonyms: |
curve, delineation, figuration, figure, form, lineament, lines, relief, shape, silhouette |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
Synonyms: |
abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, mark off, neighbor, outline, rim, set off, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge |
| Notes: | a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary |
Antonyms: |
be inside, center |
| Main Entry: | configuration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrangement |
Synonyms: |
Gestalt, composition, contour, disposition, figure, form, outline, shape, structure |
| Main Entry: | construction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, building |
Synonyms: |
architecture, arrangement, assembly, build, cast, composition, conception, constitution, contour, cut, development, disposition, edifice, elevation, erecting, erection, fabric, fabricating, fabrication, figuration, figure, form, format, formation, foundation, improvisation, invention, makeup, making, manufacture, mold, origination, outline, plan, planning, prefab, prefabrication, putting up, raising, rearing, roadwork, shape, structure, system, systematization, turn, type |
Antonyms: |
destruction, disfigurement, disorganization, ruin, ruins |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arched, rounded line or object |
Synonyms: |
ambit, arc, arch, bend, bight, bow, camber, catenary, chord, circle, circuit, circumference, compass, concavity, contour, crook, curlicue, curvation, curvature, ellipse, festoon, flexure, hairpin, half-moon, helix, horseshoe, hyperbola, incurvation, incurvature, loop, meniscus, ogee, parabola, quirk, rondure, round, sinuosity, sweep, swerve, trajectory, turn, vault, whorl |
Antonyms: |
line |
| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, outline |
Synonyms: |
bend, berm, bound, boundary, brim, brink, butt, circumference, contour, corner, crook, crust, curb, end, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, hook, ledge, limb, limit, line, lip, margin, molding, mouth, outskirt, peak, perimeter, periphery, point, portal, rim, ring, shore, side, skirt, split, strand, term, threshold, tip, trimming, turn, verge |
Antonyms: |
center, inside, interior, middle, surface |
| Main Entry: | form |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shape; arrangement |
Synonyms: |
anatomy, appearance, articulation, cast, configuration, conformation, construction, contour, cut, design, die, embodiment, fashion, figure, formation, framework, mode, model, mold, outline, pattern, plan, profile, scheme, silhouette, skeleton, structure, style, system |
Antonyms: |
shapelessness |
| Main Entry: | line |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mark, stroke; border |
Synonyms: |
band, bar, borderline, boundary, channel, configuration, contour, crease, dash, delineation, demarcation, edge, figuration, figure, frontier, furrow, groove, limit, lineament, lineation, outline, profile, rule, score, scratch, silhouette, streak, stripe, tracing, underline, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | outline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | form, tracing of an object |
Synonyms: |
configuration, conformation, contour, delineation, figuration, figure, profile, shape, silhouette |
Antonyms: |
inside |
| Main Entry: | profile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drawing of outline |
Synonyms: |
contour, delineation, figuration, figure, form, likeness, line, lineament, lineation, portrait, shadow, shape, side view, silhouette, sketch |