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Pictorial Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Pictorial has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures

"Many people prefer to subscribe to the pictorial rather than read the daily news paper because they enjoy seeing so many photographs."

2

a newspaper or magazine with many pictures, or section thereof

"She flipped through the pictorial of National Geographic to see the stunning photos from the African safari."

Adjective
1

pertaining to or consisting of pictures

"pictorial perspective"

"pictorial records"

2

evoking lifelike images within the mind

"pictorial poetry and prose"

"graphic accounts of battle"

"a lifelike portrait"

"a vivid description"

3

Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.

"The museum featured a pictorial exhibition that relied entirely on photographs rather than written descriptions."

Example Sentences
"pictorial perspective" adjective
"pictorial records" adjective
"pictorial poetry and prose" adjective
"graphic accounts of battle" adjective
"a lifelike portrait" adjective
"a vivid description" adjective
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
periodical
Rhyming Words
ial vial dial mial rial faial thial axial inial spial glial prial arial urial phial ilial trial radial oidial monial
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