Meaning of word-picture | Babel Free

Definitions

A verbal or written description of scenery or a setting for some action.

Examples

“Official despatches are never padded with word-pictures; and few bushmen have⟳ the time, though they may have⟳ an eye to the picturesque, to jot down anything but the briefest outline of what they have⟳ done and seen during the day in their pocket-books before they roll themselves in their blanket and "turn⟳ in."”

“Sketching word pictures is effective in, broadly, three ways: • You take⟳ readers on a featurish ride⟳, with a motive no more complicated than letting them experience⟳ vicariously what you have⟳ seen first-hand. […]”

CEFR level