vignette

English Thesaurus

1. a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books) (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	sketch, study,
definition	:	preliminary drawing for later elaboration (noun.artifact)

2. a photograph whose edges shade off gradually (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	exposure, photo, photograph, pic, picture,
definition	:	a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material (noun.artifact)

3. a brief literary description (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	description,
definition	:	the act of describing something (noun.communication)

derivation	:	adumbrate, outline, sketch,
definition	:	describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of (verb.communication)

derivation	:	adumbrate, outline, sketch,
definition	:	describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of (verb.communication)