Definitions for black-figure
black-figure
black-fig·ure
Spelling: [blak-fig-yer]
IPA: /ˈblækˌfɪg yər/
Black-Figure is a 12 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 882 anagrams from letters in black-figure (-abcefgiklru).
Definitions for black-figure
adjective
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pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the 7th and 6th centuries b.c., chiefly characterized by silhouetted figures painted in black slip on a red clay body, details incised into the design, and a two-dimensional structure of form and space.
Origin of black-figure
First recorded in 1890-95
Examples for black-figure
In Ionia (see above) figure subjects become more common, and the technique approaches gradually nearer to the black-figure method.