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noun, plural still lifes.
a representation chiefly of inanimate objects, as a painting of a bowl of fruit.
the category of subject matter in which inanimate objects are represented, as in painting or photography.
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Origin of still life First recorded in 1635–45
OTHER WORDS FROM still life still-life, adjective
Words nearby still life still frame ,
still hunt ,
stillicide ,
stilliform ,
still layer ,
still life ,
stillness ,
still pack ,
stillroom ,
Still's disease ,
still small voice
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How to use still life in a sentence Shortly thereafter, Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi both walked away to take a brief rest, leaving the novel chess position sitting alone on a table in the box, like a still life in a museum display.
I doodled a still life , started a draft I’d been avoiding, and, in an attempt at self-care, patted Henry, who snored at my side through the whole sequence.
A sauce, made from the juices of the salt cod, completes the still life .
The artist likes to paint shiny enamel cups, pots and pitchers, which he stacks in teetering columns for still life s.
His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.
Domestically, the prime minister maintains the dubious line that he is the only man who can keep the still-fragile peace.
Genetics alone does not an eating disorder make, generally speaking, and Bulik points out that environment still plays a role.
It was also an attack on our freedom of expression and way of life.
Many young people are still shedding the ignorance of our parents.
Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.
The aged woman made no reply; her eyes still studied Ramona's face, and she still held her hand.
As there are still many varieties of the plant grown in America, so there doubtless was when cultivated by the Indians.
"Better so," was the Senora's sole reply; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought about the hidden treasure.
Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.
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British Dictionary definitions for still life
noun plural still lifes
a painting or drawing of inanimate objects, such as fruit, flowers, etc (as modifier ) a still-life painting the genre of such paintings
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