sculp•ture
Pronunciation: (skulp'chur), [key]
— n., v., -tured, -tur•ing.
—n.
- the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- such works of art collectively.
- an individual piece of such work.
—v.t.
- to carve, model, weld, or otherwise produce (a piece of sculpture).
- to produce a portrait or image of in this way; represent in sculpture.
- to change the form of (the land surface) by erosion.
—v.i.
- to work as a sculptor.
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