sculpture
//ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ//
Forms
- Plural
- sculptures
- present (v1)
- sculpture
- past (v2)
- sculptured
- past participle (v3)
- sculptured
- present participle
- sculpturing
- 3rd person singular
- sculptures
Definitions
1.A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
- There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.
2.More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.
3.Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
4.The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
1.To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
2.To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
3.To represent something in sculpture.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4603
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English sculpture
From Old French sculpture
From Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”)
From sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).