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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height;
[syn: contour, contour line]

2. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);
- Example: "he could barely make out their shapes"
[syn: shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation]

3. a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure;
- Example: "the contours of the melody"
- Example: "it defines a major contour of this administration"


VERB (1)

1. form the contours of;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Contour \Con*tour"\, n. [F. contour, fr. contourner to mark the outlines; con- + tourner to turn. See Turn.] 1. The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery. [1913 Webster] Titian's coloring and contours. --A. Drummond. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mil.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification. [1913 Webster] Contour feathers (Zool.), those feathers that form the general covering of a bird. Contour of ground (Surv.), the outline of the surface of ground with respect to its undulation, etc. Contour line (Topographical Suv.), the line in which a horizontal plane intersects a portion of ground, or the corresponding line in a map or chart. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

contour n 1: a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height [syn: contour, contour line] 2: any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes" [syn: shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation] 3: 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" v 1: form the contours of
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "contour": broad lines, configuration, delineate, delineation, features, figuration, figure, framework, galbe, gestalt, limn, line, lineaments, lineation, lines, main features, outline, profile, relief, shapes, silhouette, skeleton, tournure