FORESHORTENING

14 letters 21 Scrabble points

Definition of FORESHORTENING

verb

  1. To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually.

verb

  1. To abridge, reduce, contract.

  2. To make shorter.

noun

  1. A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn.

  2. A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters F O R E S H O R T E N I N G
Length 14 letters
Scrabble Score 21 points