still life

Definition of Still Life in English :

1. still life

a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Still Life

nounWord forms: plural still lifes

1.

a.

a painting or drawing of inanimate objects, such as fruit, flowers, etc

b.

(as modifier)

a still-life painting

2.

the genre of such paintings

modifier

of or relating to the painting or drawing of inanimate objects, such as fruit, flowers, etc

a still-life composition

a traditional still-life painting

1.

small inanimate objects, as fruit, bottles, flowers, books, etc., used as subjects for a picture

2. Word forms: plural still lifes

a picture having such a subject

n.pl. still lifes

1. Representation of usually household objects, such as flowers or food, in painting or photography.

2. A painting, picture, or photograph of such objects.