sculptverb
uk/skʌlpt/us/skʌlpt/[ I or T ] to create solid objects that represent a thing, person, idea, etc. out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone:
Johnny sculpted an old man's head out of wood.
[ T ] to form into a particular shape:
The dripping water had sculpted strange shapes out of the rocks/sculpted the rocks into strange shapes.
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Sculpture
- bas-relief
- bronze
- bust
- carve
- carving
- cherub
- cupid
- hew
- installation
- maquette
- plaster cast
- plinth
- relief
- sculptured
- sphinx
- statuary
- statue
- statuette
- waxwork
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