n. | 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. | ||||
v. t. | 1. | To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.
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Noun | 1. | sculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art |
2. | sculpture - creating figures or designs in three dimensions Synonyms: carving | |
Verb | 1. | sculpture - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" Synonyms: sculpt |
2. | sculpture - 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" |