Definitions of contour

1. To form a contour.

2. a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height

3. a feature ( or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure; " the contours of the melody"; " it defines a major contour of this administration"

4. The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

5. An outline; profile; as, the contour of the face or of the land.

6. The outline: the line which bounds the figure of any object.

7. Outline.

8. The outline; the line that bounds or defines a figure.

9. The outline; the line that bounds or defines a figure or surface.

10. Outline of a figure or body; the outermost feathers that cover the body of a bird, the contour feathers.