sculpture
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English < Old French < Latin sculptura (“‘sculpture’”) < sculpere (“‘to cut out, carve in stone’”).
[edit] Noun
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sculpture (plural sculptures)
- The art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, professionally performed by a sculptor
- A work of art created by sculpting; such works as a group
[edit] Translations
art of sculpting
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work of art created by sculpting
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[edit] Verb
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to sculpture (third-person singular simple present sculptures, present participle sculpturing, simple past and past participle sculptured)
- To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
- To represent something in sculpture.
- To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
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to fashion into 3D figure
to represent in sculpture
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[edit] External links
- sculpture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- sculpture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- sculpture at OneLook® Dictionary Search
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /skyl.tyʁ/
- Homophones: sculptures
[edit] Noun
sculpture f. (plural sculptures)
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of celprstuu
- sculpteur
