Word-picture
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A verbal or written description of scenery or a setting for some action.
"Official despatches are never padded with word-pictures; and few bushmen have the time, though they may have an eye to the picturesque, to jot down anything but the briefest outline of what they have done and seen during the day in their pocket-books before they roll themselves in their blanket and "turn in.""
Example
More examples"Official despatches are never padded with word-pictures; and few bushmen have the time, though they may have an eye to the picturesque, to jot down anything but the briefest outline of what they have done and seen during the day in their pocket-books before they roll themselves in their blanket and "turn in.""
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