Contour Farming

n.

1. The outline of a figure, body, or mass.
2. A line that represents such an outline.
3. A surface, especially of a curving form. Often used in the plural.
1. A contour line.
2. Linguistics. The distinctive rising and falling patterns of pitch, tone, or stress.

tr.v., -toured, -tour·ing, -tours.

1. To make or shape the outline of; represent in contour.
2. To build (a road, for example) to follow the contour of the land.

adj.

1. Following the contour lines of uneven terrain to limit erosion of topsoil: contour plowing.
2. Shaped to fit the outline or form of something: a contour sheet.

[French, alteration (influenced by tour, turn) of Italian contorno, from contornare, to draw in outline : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see com– + Latin tornāre, to round off (from tornus, lathe, from Greek tornos).]

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