NONTEXTUAL MATTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nontextual matter mean? 

• NONTEXTUAL MATTER (noun)
  The noun NONTEXTUAL MATTER has 1 sense:

1. photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication

  Familiarity information: NONTEXTUAL MATTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONTEXTUAL MATTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

art; artwork; graphics; nontextual matter

Context example:

the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book

Hypernyms ("nontextual matter" is a kind of...):

visual communication (communication that relies on vision)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nontextual matter"):

illustration (artwork that helps make something clear or attractive)

drawing (an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper)

Holonyms ("nontextual matter" is a part of...):

publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)