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sculpture
What does sculpture mean?
sculpture (noun): a three-dimensional work of plastic art.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use sculpture in a sentence?
- The sculpture is made of bronze. (Tatoeba sentence #13775041 by rul, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce sculpture?
/ˈskʌlptʃɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does sculpture come from?
From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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