Overview of noun contour

The noun contour has 3 senses

• contour, contour line -- (a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height)


• shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation -- (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes")


• contour -- (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")

Overview of verb contour

The verb contour has 1 sense

• contour -- (form the contours of)