sculpture

Meanings

Noun

• 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.

Verb

• 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

• From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra ("sculpture"), from sculpō.