carving

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹvɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːvɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vɪŋ
• Homophone: calving (non-rhotic, Received Pronunciation, trap–bath split)
• Hyphenation: carv‧ing

Noun

carving (countable and uncountable, plural carvings)

1. (sculpture) A carved object.

   The carvings on the oak panels were ancient.

2. The act or craft of producing a carved object.

   He took up carving after his retirement.

   My father is an expert in carving, so we let him handle Christmas dinner.

Derived terms

• carving fork
• file carving
• seam carving
• wood carving

Translations

the object produced

• Arabic: نَحْت (ar) m (naḥt)
• Bulgarian: дърворезба (bg) f (dǎrvorezba)
• Catalan: entallament m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雕刻 (zh) (diāokè)

• Esperanto: ĉizaĵo (eo)
• French: gravure (fr) f, sculpture (fr) f, découpage (fr) m
• Galician: talla (gl) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schnitzerei (de) f
• Greek: γλυπτό (el) n (glyptó)

  Ancient: γλυφή f (gluphḗ)

• Irish: snoiteán m
• Japanese: 彫刻 (ja) (ちょうこく, chōkoku)
• Latvian: grebums m, kokgriezums m (wood carving)
• Maori: whakaironga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utskjæring m or f

  Nynorsk: utskjering f

• Russian: резьба́ (ru) f (rezʹbá)
• Spanish: tallado (es) m, escultura (es) f
• Swedish: snideri (sv) c
• Ukrainian: різьба́ (uk) f (rizʹbá), рі́зьблення n (rízʹblennja)

the craft

• Bulgarian: разбарство n (razbarstvo)
• French: sculpture de bois
• Galician: talla (gl) f
• German: Schnitzerei (de) f
• Greek: γλυπτική (el) f (glyptikí)

  Ancient: γλυπτική f (gluptikḗ)

• Irish: snoíodóireacht f, snoí m
• Italian: intaglio (it) m
• Swedish: snideri (sv) c
• Ukrainian: рі́зьблення n (rízʹblennja), різьба́рство n (rizʹbárstvo), різьбя́рство n (rizʹbjárstvo)

Verb

carving

1. present participle and gerund of carve
2. (snowboarding) Executing turns without pivoting.

Anagrams

• craving