sculpture

B1 Topic:Art & Music

US /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/ UK /ˈskʌlptj(ʊ)ə/ See IPA manual

Freq #9333

Meanings

1

noun
A work of art made by shaping material such as stone, wood, clay, or metal into a three-dimensional form.

A marble sculpture of a horse stood in the museum hall.
2

noun
The art of making three-dimensional works by carving or shaping material.

She studied painting and sculpture at art school.
3

verb
To create something by shaping a hard material like stone or wood.

He sculptured a lifelike figure out of a single block of marble.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · the art of making... carving

3 verb · to create something by... sculpt

Word family

Forms sculpturedsculpturessculpturing

Derived forms liposculpturemacrosculpturemicrosculpturemorphosculpturephotosculptureresculpturesculpturablesculpturalsculpturersculpturesquesculpturistultrasculpture

Related forms sculpt sculptorsculpturelesssculpturelike

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Phrases (1)

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clay sculpture
a three-dimensional artwork made by shaping clay

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).

sculpture Middle English sculptūra Latin

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Art & Music

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# sculpture

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈskʌlptj(ʊ)ə/
**Frequency rank:** 9333

## Meanings
1. A work of art made by shaping material such as stone, wood, clay, or metal into a three-dimensional form.
2. The art of making three-dimensional works by carving or shaping material.
3. To create something by shaping a hard material like stone or wood.

## Examples
- A marble sculpture of a horse stood in the museum hall.
- She studied painting and sculpture at art school.
- He sculptured a lifelike figure out of a single block of marble.

## Derived Forms
- liposculpture
- macrosculpture
- microsculpture
- morphosculpture
- photosculpture
- resculpture
- sculpturable
- sculptural
- sculpturer
- sculpturesque
- sculpturist
- ultrasculpture

## Related Forms
- sculpt
- sculptor
- sculptureless
- sculpturelike

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sculpture
- Root: sculptūra

## Etymology
From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).

## AI Etymology
Sculpture is from Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English sculpture, Old French sculpture, Latin sculptūra. In current use it includes senses such as A work of art made by shaping material such as stone, wood, clay, or metal into a three-dimensional form and The art of making three-dimensional works by carving or shaping material.

## Topics
- Art & Music

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