Definitions
Dark outline or shape seen against a lighter background.
Word origin
Borrowed from French silhouette, after Étienne de Silhouette (1709–1767), French Controller of Finances. De Silhouette's penny-pinching led to the French term à la Silhouette, applied to things perceived as cheap or austere, such as an outline filled only with black.
Used in a sentence
“I could see a silhouette of a figure looking out from the window, but I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman.”
“At Stirling, we obtained a wonderful silhouette view of the Wallace Monument, and the dark line of the Ochil Hills, and the castle stood out clearly against the afterglow of the sunset.”
“A-line is a classic silhouette for dresses and skirts.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Dark outline”10 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
S_________