CAMEO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cameo mean? 

• CAMEO (noun)
  The noun CAMEO has 1 sense:

1. engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)

  Familiarity information: CAMEO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMEO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cameo" is a kind of...):

anaglyph (anything carved in low relief)

 Context examples 

Her face is as clear-cut as a cameo.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"How do you know?—you never tried it. How very serious—how very solemn you look: and you are as ignorant of the matter as this cameo head" (taking one from the mantelpiece).

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Books of engravings, drawers of medals, cameos, corals, shells, and every other family collection within his cabinets, had been prepared for his old friend, to while away the morning; and the kindness had perfectly answered.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Smooth-shaven, every line was distinct, and it was cut as clear and sharp as a cameo; while sea and sun had tanned the naturally fair skin to a dark bronze which bespoke struggle and battle and added both to his savagery and his beauty.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)