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sculpture

/ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Sculpture means: create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material.

Synonyms for sculpture3

noun, as in creating figures or designs in three dimensions

verb, as in create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material

sculpt, grave

verb, as in shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

sculpt, grave

What does sculpture mean?4

verb

1

create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material“sculpt a swan out of a block of ice”

2

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”

noun

1

creating figures or designs in three dimensions

2

a three-dimensional work of plastic art

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Sculpture in a sentence

  • What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.Adelpa
  • Critics described the sculpture as deliberately lumpen, heavy, and awkward.rul
  • In the museum, sculptures from antiquity are exhibited.sundown
  • He loves to make clay sculptures, often ending up covered in it.Nuel
  • He went to art school to study painting and sculpture.CK
  • Another form of art which was highly developed by them was sculpture.unknown
  • This sculpture is more than two thousand years old.erikspen
  • There is a glass sculpture in the garden.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of sculpture

as a noun

plural
sculptures

as a verb

past tense
sculptured
present participle
sculpturing
third-person singular
sculptures
past participle
sculptured