sculpture
A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
Noun 4 meanings
A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
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.
Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
Verb 3 meanings
To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
To represent something in sculpture.
To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
Etymology
From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).
SCULPTURE at a glance
SCULPTURE has 9 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (S 1 + C 3 + U 1 + L 1 + P 3 + T 1 + U 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,965 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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