setout
- noun
- The farmer's setout of fresh produce at the market attracted many customers eager to buy.
Examples
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Diversion rates for yard trimmings are high in San Jose because the program allows unlimited setouts of grass clippings, leaves, brush, and small branches.
Academic text (1999) -
They arranged a thoughtful setout of picnic supplies on the blanket for their family outing.
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Before the art festival, the organizers prepared a beautiful setout of sculptures and paintings for the exhibition.
Synonyms
The way things are placed or organized in a place
The way the parts of something are arranged, like on a page or in a room
How parts are arranged in something, like furniture or a machine
How things are arranged or planned so they work together
The arrangement of text and images on a page or screen
Antonyms
How Organized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Setout comes from the phrase set out, where set means 'to place' and out means 'arranged'. A setout is what you get when items are put neatly for use or display, which is why it means an arrangement or display of things.