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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 bodyplay

  Familiarity information: LAY FIGURE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LAY FIGURE (noun)


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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