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STILL LIFE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does still life mean?
• STILL LIFE (noun)
The noun STILL LIFE has 1 sense:
1. a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers
Familiarity information: STILL LIFE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("still life" is a kind of...):
painting; picture (graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface)
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