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sculpture

Pronunciation: /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/

The English word “sculpture” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
  2. More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.
  3. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
  4. The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
  5. A printed picture, such as an engraving.

verb

  1. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
  2. To represent something in sculpture.
  3. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.

Etymology

From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).

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