Definitions for pictorial

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pictorial pic·to·ri·al

Spelling: [pik-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr-ee-uh l]

IPA: /pɪkˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr i əl/

Pictorial is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 457 anagrams from letters in pictorial (aciiloprt).

Definitions for pictorial

noun

1. a periodical in which pictures constitute an important feature.
2. a magazine feature that is primarily photographic.

adjective

1. pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
2. illustrated by or containing pictures:
3. of or relating to the art of painting and drawing pictures, the pictures themselves, or their makers:
4. having or suggesting the visual appeal or imagery of a picture:

Origin of pictorial

1640-50; Latin pictōri(us) of painting (pic-, variant stem of pingere to paint + -tōrius -tory¹) + -al

Examples for pictorial

They are too racial, and in parts too pictorial to be dissected in narrative style.

For pictorial work or special effects other papers are preferable.

The first is taken from the Sunday pictorial, of all papers.

He declared them to be “a pictorial representation of England as a free society and the liberator of other peoples.”

They are never portraits of specific individuals who might interest us, even visually, apart from their pictorial roles.

We are fortunate in having a pictorial representation of such a papakhu.

The least change in our point of view, gives the whole world a pictorial air.

Mrs. Denyse pointed majestically to the pictorial blur in the paper.

They tend to partake of the methods of pictorial caricature.

Nor is there any pictorial representation of the interior of the playhouse.