sculpturedadj.
/ˈskʌlptʃəd/, U.S. /ˈskəlptʃərd/ 1. Produced or represented by sculpture. Also, covered or adorned with sculpture.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > decorated with
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chryselephantine1827
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > sculptured or carved
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c1710 T. Parnell Night Piece on Death 41 Whose pillars swell with sculptured stones.
1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone vii. 130 Sculptured Forms of Warriors brave.
1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 61 The sculptured crosses and round tower.
2. Natural History. Having a conformation or markings similar to those produced by sculpture.Often in specific names, rendering Latin sculptus or insculptus.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > marks > [adjective] > sculptured marking
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1819 W. Turton Conchol. Dict. 221 Turbo insculptus. Sculptured Turban.
1853 T. Bell Hist. Brit. Stalk-eyed Crustacea 263 Sculptured Shrimp.
1870 Amer. Naturalist 4 53 How the Sculptured Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta Ag.) deposits her eggs.
3. Shaped in a manner resembling sculpture.
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the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaped > by or as by cutting > in a manner resembling sculpture
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1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 132/2 Sculptured curl, a firmly and smoothly formed curl showing the comb-teeth lines. Sculptured hair style, a hairdress with hard, firm, definite lines in its constituent parts; not fussy, light or tapered.
1970 Which? Sept. 268/1 Now, however, you will also find twists, loop-pile and sculptured pile—a pattern formed by mixing loops of different heights or looped and cut pile.
1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 May 544/3 The second president of General Motors invented the scheme of elaboration and development, bright colours, sculptured lines and rising prices.
1974 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 15 Aug. v. 6/1 The bride..wore a peau de soie gown styled with a sculptured yoke of re-embroidered lace and a cameo neckline.
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