pictorial matter

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   illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

   “the dictionary had many pictures”

   Synonymspicture

   Broaderillustration

Questions about pictorial matter

What does pictorial matter mean?

pictorial matter means "illustrations used to decorate or explain a text".

What is another word for pictorial matter?

Close synonyms include picture. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pictorial matter a common word?

pictorial matter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.