sculpture

Meanings

1. 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. 2
   noun

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

   She studied painting and sculpture at art school.

3. 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.

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

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