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line art

line art noun: images that consist of distinct straight and curved lines placed against a (usually plain) background, without gradations in shade (darkness) or hue (color).

line art: images that consist of distinct straight and curved lines placed against a (usually plain)...
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Noun

line art (uncountable)

  1. Images that consist of distinct straight and curved lines placed against a (usually plain) background, without gradations in shade (darkness) or hue (color).
    Synonyms:
    line drawing
  2. Artwork to be reproduced with one solid color, contrasted with artwork having tone or shading (halftones), or full color (color separations).
  3. The outlines of a drawing as opposed to color, shading, and texture.

line art meaning in Tamil

line art in Tamil

கோட்டு ஓவியம்

Synonyms of line art

Questions about line art

What does line art mean?
Line art means images that consist of distinct straight and curved lines placed against a (usually plain) background, without gradations in shade (darkness) or hue (color).
What is line art in Tamil?
Line art in Tamil is கோட்டு ஓவியம். See Line art meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is line art?
Line art is a noun.

Words near line art in the dictionary

  1. lindys
  2. line
  3. line abreast
  4. line ahead
  5. line and length
  6. line art
  7. line bracelet
  8. line bracelets
  9. line brawl
  10. line break
  11. line breaks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: line art (page history and authors); line art (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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