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mental picture collapse: a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind"

covering collapse: the act of protecting something by covering it; an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it); a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover"

daub collapse: an unskillful painting; material used to daub walls; cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"; apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall"

instrumentation collapse: the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation; the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra

calcimine collapse: a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings; cover with calcimine; "calcimine the walls"

tableau collapse: any dramatic scene; a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)

orchestration collapse: the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments; an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; "the skillful orchestration of his political campaign"; an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band

parget collapse: plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys; apply ornamental plaster to

evocation collapse: imaginative re-creation; stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"; calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

abstraction collapse: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples; the act of withdrawing or removing something; an abstract painting; the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances; a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"

cameo collapse: engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)

lacquer collapse: a hard glossy coating; a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish; coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"

image collapse: the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public; "although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry"; "the company tried to project an altruistic image"; an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"

details collapse: true confidential information; "after the trial he gave us the real details"

enamel collapse: any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze; a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish; hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth; a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection; coat, inlay, or surface with enamel

shellac collapse: a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood; lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white; cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"

engraving collapse: making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them; a block or plate that has been engraved; a print made from an engraving

picture collapse: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"; a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"; illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures"; a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"; show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"

printmaking collapse: artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens

representation collapse: an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent; the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf; a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something; the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body; a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image; a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting; "certain representations were made concerning police brutality"; a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract; "the sales contract contains several representations by the vendor"; a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency; "a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California"; the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

particularization collapse: an individualized description of a particular instance

abstract collapse: existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"; dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"; not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting"; consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically; consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example"; give an abstract (of)

art collapse: the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"; the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"; a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"

antiquity collapse: an artifact surviving from the past; the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

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