sculpture
Plural: sculptures
Noun
- a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- creating figures or designs in three dimensions
- A three dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
- Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
- The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
- A printed picture, such as an engraving.
Verb
- create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
- shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
- To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
- To represent something in sculpture.
- To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).
Scrabble Score: 13
sculpture: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsculpture: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sculpture: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
sculpture: valid Words With Friends Word