Pictorial
[pɪk'tɔːrɪəl] or [pɪk'tɔrɪəl]
Definition
(noun.) a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures.
(adj.) pertaining to or consisting of pictures; 'pictorial perspective'; 'pictorial records' .
Edited by Lilian--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination.
Checker: Seymour
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Illustrated, picturesque, artistic, imaginative, graphic
ANT:Plain, unembellished, unadorned
Inputed by Jackson
Examples
- Pictorial and sculptured record and _verbal tradition_ began. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With the invention of writing, which developed out of pictorial record, human tradition was able to become fuller and much more exact. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Pictorial Story of the Airship [Illustration: A PUSHER OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WITH MANY OF THE MORE PROMINENT AIR-MEN _Courtesy of The Curtis Aeroplane Co. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Of these pictorial acquisitions Mr Meagles spoke in the usual manner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr. Rivers now closed his book, approached the table, and, as he took a seat, fixed his blue pictorial-looking eyes full on me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Pictorial Story Of The Fishing Industry [Illustration: FISHING COMING ABOARD HALIBUT FISHING ICED UP BAITING UP Six pictures by courtesy of Gloucester (Mass. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Pictorial Story of Fire Apparatus [Illustration: MOTOR DRIVEN AERIAL TRUCK[47] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the hands of these foreigners this writing was, so to speak, cut off from its roots; it lost all but a few traces of its early pictorial character. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Of all modern races, none have shown so pictorial a disposition; the nearest approach to it has been among the American Indians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One of the most beautiful as well as the most remarkable pictorial illusions is produced by the combination of two views into one by the recently invented instrument called the Stereoscope. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- A Note on the Text The Age of Innocence first appeared in four large installments in The Pictorial Review, from July to October 1920. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The Cowper machine has been the cause of the many pictorial illustrations which characterize so large a portion of modern publications. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Checker: Paulette