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VIGNETTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("vignette" is a kind of...):
sketch; study (preliminary drawing for later elaboration)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A photograph whose edges shade off gradually
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("vignette" is a kind of...):
exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A brief literary description
Synonyms:
sketch; vignette
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("vignette" is a kind of...):
description (the act of describing something)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb vignette
