Thesaurus: sculpture

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1. n. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.
2. n. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.
3. v. t. To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.
4. n. a three-dimensional work of plastic art
5. n. creating figures or designs in three dimensions
6. v. create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
7. v. shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
8. 1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials. 2. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc. There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen The mad affection of the Cretan queen. Dryden. To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave. Sculptured tortoise (Zoöl.), a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures.
9. To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal;to carve; to engrave. Sculptured tortoise (Zoöl.), a common NorthAmerican wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is markedwith strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures.
10. v:2/n:98 n. a three-dimensional work of plastic art n. creating figures or designs in three dimensions