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sculp·ture
(skŭlp′chər)n.
1. The art or practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal.
2.
a. A work of art created by sculpture.
b. Such works of art considered as a group.
3. Ridges, indentations, or other markings, as on a shell, formed by natural processes.
v. sculp·tured, sculp·tur·ing, sculp·tures
v.tr.
1. To fashion (stone, bronze, or wood, for example) into a three-dimensional figure.
2. To represent in sculpture: sculpture a lion.
3. To ornament with sculpture.
4. To change the shape or contour of, as by erosion.
v.intr.
To make sculptures or a sculpture.
[Middle English, from Latin sculptūra, from sculptus, past participle of sculpere, to carve; see skel- in Indo-European roots.]
sculp′tur·al adj.
sculp′tur·al·ly adv.
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Adj. | 1. | sculptural - relating to or consisting of sculpture; "sculptural embellishments" |
2. | sculptural - resembling sculpture; "her finely modeled features"; "rendered with...vivid sculptural effect"; "the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies" shapely - having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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sculptural
adj → plastisch; (= of statues) → bildhauerisch; the sculptural work on the cathedral → die Skulpturenarbeit der Kathedrale; sculptural details → plastisch gearbeitete Details pl; the sculptural triumphs of Ancient Greece → die Meisterwerke der altgriechischen Bildhauerkunst
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