LekhoriLekhoriAn outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
the low drag contour of a modern automobile
A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth; (metonymically) the landform or its surface.
a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
To form a more or less curved boundary or border upon.
To mark with contour lines.
To practise the makeup technique of contouring.
Borrowed from French contour, from contourner, equivalent to con- + tour.
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What is the French-preferred method to add dimension to the skin, if not to contour?