sculpture, carving
(noun) creating figures or designs in three dimensions
sculpture
(noun) a three-dimensional work of plastic art
sculpt, sculpture, grave
(verb) 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”
sculpt, sculpture
(verb) create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; “sculpt a swan out of a block of ice”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sculpture (usually uncountable, plural sculptures)
(countable) A three dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
(zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell
sculpture (third-person singular simple present sculptures, present participle sculpturing, simple past and past participle sculptured)
To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
To represent something in sculpture.
To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Sculp"ture, n. Etym: [L. sculptura: cf. F. sculpture.]
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. There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen The mad affection of the Cretan queen. Dryden.
Sculp"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sculptured (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sculpturing.]
Definition: To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave. Sculptured tortoise (Zoöl.), a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 January 2025
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
