portrait
/ˈpɔːtrɪt/ nounDefinition
› [C] a painting, drawing, or photograph of someone: a portrait of the princess a portrait gallery/painter
a portrait of sb/sth › a film or book which describes someone or something in detail: His latest film is a portrait of life in the 1920s. → See also self-portrait
(Definition of portrait noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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