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Meaning of 'sculpture'
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. [ n.]- 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. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'sculpture' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. sculpture [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
- 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
- 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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