RELIEVO

relief, relievo, rilievo, embossment, sculptural relief

(noun) sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

relievo (plural relievos)

(arts) relief (surface carving)

Anagrams

• lie over, overlie

Source: Wiktionary


Re*lie"vo (r-l"v), n. Etym: [It. rilievo.]

Definition: See Relief, n., 5.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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