carving

Examples

• All

• As a result, the thematically interrelated carvings became one of the highlights of the exhibition.

  Academic text (1991)

• During the festival, children will have the chance to try their hand at pumpkin carving.

• All the carvings will be about animals.

  Danny Jones

• And this is newly discovered carving from Xi'an.

• the stone carvings are very attractive

  The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)

• This is the staircase where you see the carvings on the buildings.

• Look at the artistry of these carvings, and the scrollwork.

  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

• Its buildings' facades were decorated with carvings of human and semi-human heads.

  Academic text (2011)

• Two enormous wooden doors, covered with intricate carvings of demons, serpents, and gargoyles, adorn the castle entrance.

  Fiction book (1990)

• This ancient carving from Egypt shows a depiction of daily life in the pharaoh's reign.

Synonyms

S

sculpture

vscarving

37 3.4

The art of making three-dimensional figures by carving or molding

is specifically about shaping by cutting away material rather than forming by molding

W

wood carving

vscarving

2 3.5

Art of shaping wood with cutting tools to make figures and designs

is the general act or object across many materials rather than only wood

W

woodcarving

vscarving

1 3.8

People cut wood to make an object that has a shape or picture

refers to the action or art across materials, not only the finished wooden piece

I

intricate carving

vscarving

1 6.8

A detailed design cut into wood or stone that needs great skill

is the general shaping act or object without requiring extreme detail

G

graving

vscarving

• Archaic

8.3

The act of cutting a design into metal, wood or stone

is broader, meaning shaping or a made object by cutting in various materials

Compounds

C

carving knife

6 2.3

A large sharp knife used to slice cooked meat

W

wood carving

2 3.5

Art of shaping wood with cutting tools to make figures and designs

I

intricate carving

1 6.8

A detailed design cut into wood or stone that needs great skill

C

carving fork

2.7

A large kitchen tool with two long points used to hold meat while you cut it

How Detailed

intricate carving

1 6.8

carving

70 2.7

rough-cut

• Specialized

4.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology