sculpture
Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈskʌlptj(ʊ)ə/, /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃə/
Noun

sculpture (uncountable)

  1. (countable) A three dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
    • 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC ↗:
      There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.
  2. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
  3. (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
  4. (archaic) A printed picture, such as an engraving.
Translations Translations Verb

sculpture (sculptures, present participle sculpturing; simple past and past participle sculptured)

  1. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
  2. To represent something in sculpture.
  3. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
Translations
  • Spanish: esculpir
Translations
  • Spanish: esculpir
Related terms


This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.005
Offline English dictionary