picture
n. countablen. a drawing, painting, or photograph of something. You use this word when you want to talk about what you see on a screen or on paper.
n. a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, such as a painting, drawing, or photograph. In digital contexts, it refers to a graphical image displayed on a screen.
She took a beautiful picture of the sunset.
The textbook includes a clear picture of the human heart to help students understand its structure.
The artist spent several months working on a single picture, meticulously layering oil paints to capture the subtle play of light across the landscape.
From Middle English pycture, from Old French picture, itself from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“to paint”). Doublet of pictura.
Commonly used with the verbs 'take' for photographs and 'draw' or 'paint' for artwork.