1. A line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
   "The hikers used the contour lines on the topographic map to plan their route";
   - contour line
    
2. Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
   "he could barely make out their contours";
   - shape, form, configuration, conformation
    
3. A feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure
   "the contours of the melody"; "it defines a major contour of this administration"

1. Form the contours of
   "The sculptor contoured the clay into a lifelike figure"

Derived forms: contoured, contouring, contours

See also: crooked, straight

Type of: characteristic, delineate, feature, isometric, isometric line, limn, outline, spatial property, spatiality

Encyclopedia: Contour, Manchester