Definition of "sculpture" in İngilizce

noun

1. (countable) A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).

2. (countable) More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.

3. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.

4. (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.

5. (archaic) A printed picture, such as an engraving.

verb

1. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.

2. To represent something in sculpture.

3. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.