Plural of contour

Forms of contour

Contours in a sentence

• I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows.From the entry shade
• The actual reading of the text itself is accompanied by certain common paralexical and extratextual features. The paralexical features are the intonational contours and stress patterns given the oral reading.From the entry paralexical
• Additionally, three contours occur in the multiethnolectal phrase instead of two in the standard.2019, Nathan Joel Young, Rhythm in late-modern Stockholm: Social stratification and stylistic variation in the speech of men, BOOKS on…. From the entry multiethnolectal
• But what if feeding pigeons reveals contours of a large-scale affective militancy among older people in the public space?2020, Fahim Amir, Being and Swine: The End of Nature (As We Knew It), unnumbered page. From the entry granarchist
• It attempts to show that the contours of experimentation encompass both personal shifts (from passenger to transumer) and system transformations (the arrival of 'Airports 3.0').2015, Anthony Elliott, Identity Troubles: An introduction, →ISBN. From the entry transumer

Meaning of contour

1. noun An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
2. noun 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.
3. noun A speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.

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Questions about the plural of contour

What is the plural of contour?

The plural of contour is contours.

Is contour countable?

Contour is a countable noun.