still life

Inflections of 'still life' (n): npl: still lifes

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ˈstill ˈlife,  n. [countable] , pl. still lifes. 

1. Fine Art a drawing or painting of inanimate objects, as of a bowl of fruit.

still--life, adj.: 

a still-life watercolor.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

still′ life′, pl. still lifes. 

1. Fine Art a representation chiefly of inanimate objects, as a painting of a bowl of fruit.
2. Fine Art the category of subject matter in which inanimate objects are represented, as in painting or photography.

• 1635–45

still′-life′, adj. 

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still life noun (still lifes)

1. a painting or drawing of inanimate objects, such as fruit, flowers, etc
2. (as modifier): a still-life painting
3. the genre of such paintings