line drawing

noun

: a drawing made in solid lines

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The works are quite simple in form, monochromatic line drawings that are sparse and assertive. Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2025 From the 1933 line drawing of the goddess Fortuna lovingly cradling the globe to the Bauhaus starkness of Walter Allner’s 1957 depiction of global trade to the Rubik’s Cube–like metal globe on the 2015 cover announcing our first Change the World list, Luce’s humane internationalism lives on. Indrani Sen, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025 The suggestive line drawing of a woman with her hand down her underwear on his 2014 vintage, J’en veux!!! Eleanor Aldridge, AFAR Media, 31 July 2025 Forty-two line drawings and acrylic works on canvas — including some darkly amusing meditations on stupid humans moving through modern life — will be on view in Martin’s first solo exhibition. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for line drawing

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of line drawing was in 1891

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“Line drawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drawing. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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line drawing

noun
: a drawing made in solid lines

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