sculpture
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sculptura (“sculpture”), from sculpere (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
sculpture (usually uncountable, plural sculptures)
- (countable) A three dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
- Dryden
- There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.
- Dryden
- Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
- (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell
Translations[edit]
art of sculpting
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work of art created by sculpting
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Verb[edit]
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.
Translations[edit]
to fashion into 3D figure
to represent in sculpture
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Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- 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
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /skyl.tyʁ/ (p is not pronounced)
- Homophone: sculptures
Noun[edit]
sculpture f (plural sculptures)
Anagrams[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “sculpture” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
sculptūre
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