Sculpture meaning

What does “sculpture” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“sculpture” is a noun and verb with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a three-dimensional work of plastic art.

sculpture

noun

  1. a three-dimensional work of plastic art

  2. creating figures or designs in three dimensions

    Synonymscarving

verb

  1. create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material

    “sculpt a swan out of a block of ice”

    Synonymssculpt
  2. shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

    “She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband”

    Synonymssculptgrave

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University