English Explanatory Dictionary

sculpture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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).
  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.
  5. A printed picture, such as an engraving.
verb
  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.

Pronunciation

/ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/ /ˈskʌlptj(ʊ)ə/ /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃə/ en-us-sculpture.ogg

Word forms

sculpture sculptures sculpturing sculptured

Etymology

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

Related words

sculpt sculptor sculptureless sculpturelike

Derived words

anonymous sculpture involuntary sculpture kinetic sculpture liposculpture living sculpture macrosculpture microsculpture morphosculpture photosculpture resculpture sculpturable sculptural sculpturer sculpturesque sculpturist soft sculpture ultrasculpture
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