Meaning & use
imagery
Descriptive language that creates vivid mental pictures or appeals to the senses, especially in literature.
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The poem's imagery of crashing waves made readers feel the storm firsthand.
Satellite imagery revealed the true scale of the flooding across the valley.
A note on using this word
In literary contexts, imagery refers to sensory description; in technical contexts, such as 'satellite imagery', it simply means images or pictures.
Words with a similar meaning
descriptionfigurative language
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