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Meaning of 'sculpture' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sculpture [ 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.
- Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.
2 . Sculpture [ v. t.]
- To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.

Meaning of 'sculpture' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sculpture [ v]
Meaning (1):
- create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
Example in sentence:
  • sculpt a swan out of a block of ice
Meaning (2):
- shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
Example in sentence:
  • She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband

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