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sculpture

sculp·ture

UK/ˈskʌlptj(ʊ)ə/ US/ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/ fairly common
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

creating figures or designs in three dimensions

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verb

1.

create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material

  • “sculpt a swan out of a block of ice”
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2.

shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

  • “She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband”
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Origin

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

Phrases

  • anonymous sculpture
  • involuntary sculpture
  • kinetic sculpture
  • living sculpture
  • soft sculpture

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