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il·lus·tra·tion
 illustration
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
An illustration is a picture that you see in a book. An illustration helps you understand something that the book is talking about, or it is there just to make the book more fun to read and look at.
Amy's mom has a book about birds. For every bird in the book, there are illustrations that show exactly what it looks like.
- similar words:
- design, drawing, picture, plate, portrait
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| definition 2: |
An illustration is something that explains or makes something clear.
The teacher moved one small ball around a much bigger ball as an illustration of how the Earth travels around the sun.- synonyms:
- case, demonstration, example
- similar words:
- exhibition, instance, picture
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| related words: |
chart, demonstration, example |
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