Meaning

2 senses
  1. A jointed model of the human body used by artists, or to display clothes.

    Near-synonyms: dummy, mannequin

    dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body

  2. An unimportant person; a character (especially in fiction) who lacks individuality and is one-dimensional.

Forms

plural: lay figures
Singularlay figure
Plurallay figures

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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