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. 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 sculptsculptorsculpturelesssculpturelike Common collocations clay sculpture Noun + noun Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Art & Music External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown