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contours

contours is the plural of contour.

Meaning of contour

Noun

contour (plural contours)

  1. An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
    • the low drag contour of a modern automobile
  2. A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth; (metonymically) the landform or its surface.
    Synonyms:
    contour line
  3. a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
  4. (figuratively) A general description giving the most important points.
    • Contours of a deal with conservative holdouts who had been blocking McCarthy’s rise had emerged the night before, and took hold after four dismal days and 14 failed votes in an intraparty standoff unseen in modern times.January 7 2023, Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, “McCarthy elected House speaker in rowdy post-midnight vote”, in AP News

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Questions about contours

What is contours the plural of?
Contours is the plural of contour.

Words near contours in the dictionary

  1. contourlessness
  2. contourlet
  3. contourlets
  4. contourny
  5. contourné
  6. contours
  7. contr
  8. contr.
  9. contra
  10. Contra Bourdon
  11. Contra Costa

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