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TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of illustration

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  illustration
      n 1: artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
      2: showing by example [syn: {exemplification}, {illustration}]
      3: an item of information that is typical of a class or group;
         "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome";
         "there is an example on page 10" [syn: {example},
         {illustration}, {instance}, {representative}]
      4: a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used
         make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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