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IDENTIKIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Identikit mean?
• IDENTIKIT (noun)
The noun IDENTIKIT has 1 sense:
1. a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought
Familiarity information: IDENTIKIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Identikit; Identikit picture
Hypernyms ("Identikit" is a kind of...):
likeness; semblance (picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing)
Domain usage:
trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)
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