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LAY FIGURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lay figure mean?
• LAY FIGURE (noun)
The noun LAY FIGURE has 1 sense:
1. dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body
Familiarity information: LAY FIGURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lay figure" is a kind of...):
dummy (a figure representing the human form)
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