word picture

American  

noun

1. a description in words, especially one that is unusually vivid.

   She drew a word picture of a South Pacific sunset.

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word picture British  

noun

1. a verbal description, esp a vivid one

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Etymology

Origin of word picture

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

I began writing little word pictures, word photos, of whatever was around me.

From The Wall Street Journal

For a combined century – 33 years for Barber and 67 for Scully – the two blessed baseball fans with some of the sharpest word pictures ever painted of the grand old game.

From Salon

I vividly remember Noseda using “imagined dialogue” to paint a word picture of the mood he wanted conveyed by our singing.

From Washington Post

The words came out easy and full of feeling, a word picture of a gratitude for a career well-spent.

From Washington Times

Let me paint a word picture for you.

From The Verge