- pl. still lifes a painting, drawing, etc. having as its subject an arrangement of inanimate objects, as fruit, bottles, flowers, and books
- such works of art collectively, regarded as a genre, or kind
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still life
noun
pl. still lifes- Representation of usually household objects, such as flowers or food, in painting or photography.
- A painting, picture, or photograph of such objects.
Related Forms:
- still′-life′
adjective
still life
c. 1620 Bouquet of Flowers by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder
(1573-1621)
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Noun
(plural still lifes)
- a work of art depicting an arrangement of inanimate objects
- (cellular automata) A pattern that does not change from one generation to the next.
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Children in elementary school are taught that compound words that have the same letter at the end of the first word as the first letter of the second word, retain both unless an impossible three letter combination would result. In that case, use a hyphen, instead. Still-life is often given as an example to those students as the best example of this situation.
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