Sculpture Definition
skŭlpchər
sculptured, sculptures, sculpturing
noun
sculptures
The art of carving wood, chiseling stone, casting or welding metal, molding clay or wax, etc. into three-dimensional representations, as statues, figures, forms, etc.
Webster's New World
Any work of sculpture, or such works collectively.
Webster's New World
Such works of art considered as a group.
American Heritage
Ridges, indentations, or other markings, as on a shell, formed by natural processes.
American Heritage
verb
sculptured, sculptures, sculpturing
To cut, carve, chisel, cast, weld, mold, etc. into statues, figures, etc.
Webster's New World
To work as a sculptor.
Webster's New World
To fashion (stone, bronze, or wood, for example) into a three-dimensional figure.
American Heritage
To represent or portray by means of sculpture.
Webster's New World
To decorate with sculpture.
Webster's New World
Origin of Sculpture
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Middle English from Latin sculptūra from sculptus past participle of sculpere to carve skel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sculptura (“sculpture"), from sculpere (“to cut out, to carve in stone").
From Wiktionary
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