sculpture
Americannoun
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the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
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such works of art collectively.
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an individual piece of such work.
verb (used with object)
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to carve, model, weld, or otherwise produce (a piece of sculpture).
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to produce a portrait or image of in this way; represent in sculpture.
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Physical Geography. to change the form of (the land surface) by erosion.
verb (used without object)
noun
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the art of making figures or designs in relief or the round by carving wood, moulding plaster, etc, or casting metals, etc
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works or a work made in this way
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ridges or indentations as on a shell, formed by natural processes
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the gradual formation of the landscape by erosion
verb
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(also intr) to carve, cast, or fashion (stone, bronze, etc) three dimensionally
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to portray (a person, etc) by means of sculpture
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to form in the manner of sculpture, esp to shape (landscape) by erosion
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to decorate with sculpture
Other Word Forms
- nonsculptural adjective
- nonsculpturally adverb
- resculpture verb (used with object)
- sculptural adjective
- sculpturally adverb
- unsculptural adjective
Etymology
Origin of sculpture
1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Latin sculptūra, equivalent to sculpt ( us ) (past participle of sculpere to carve) + -ūra -ure
Example Sentences
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The main house featured an elaborate sculpture of a stallion trampling a dragon in the roundabout out front.
From Los Angeles Times
After the judging, sadly the sculptures did not last and were left to melt in the snow, said Marsh.
From BBC
The two events offered some of the most captivating work in recent memory, from paintings that integrate AI to head-spinning ceramic sculptures.
The two events offered some of the most captivating work in recent memory, from paintings that integrate AI to head-spinning ceramic sculptures.
Joel Otterson’s intimate sculptures set moss agate in silver and brass at Ehrlich Steinberg.
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