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por·trait

portrait

 
 
pronunciation:
por triht [or] por treIt
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part of speech: noun
definition: A portrait is most often a painting, drawing, or photograph of a particular person, but sometimes it is a sculpture of a specific person. Most often, a portrait shows a person's face, and the artist tries to make the portrait look like that person or at least describe that person in some way.
My dad has a portrait of his grandfather hanging in his office.
 
similar words:
image, likeness, mask, picture
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  art, film, photography