sculpture
/ˈskʌlp·tʃər/ n [C/U]Definition
› art the art of creating objects out of material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or a work of art of this type: [C] In the ruins they found ancient stone sculptures. sculpt /skʌlpt/ v [T] (also sculpture /ˈskʌlp·tʃər/) › Picasso sculpted the "Venus of Lapigue." sculpted /ˈskʌlp·təd/ adj (also sculptured /ˈskʌlp·tʃərd/) › Dramatically sculpted red and gray sandstone cliffs came into view.
(Definition of sculpture n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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