sculp

  • 11sculp|tur|esque — «SKUHLP chuh REHSK», adjective. resembling or suggesting sculpture. –sculp´tur|esque´ly, adverb. –sculp´tur|esque´ness, noun …

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  • 12sculp´tur|al|ly — sculp|tur|al «SKUHLP chuhr uhl», adjective. of or having to do with sculpture; like sculpture: »... one rolled up sleeve baring a sculptural forearm (Joseph Conrad). –sculp´tur|al|ly, adverb …

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  • 13sculp|tur|al — «SKUHLP chuhr uhl», adjective. of or having to do with sculpture; like sculpture: »... one rolled up sleeve baring a sculptural forearm (Joseph Conrad). –sculp´tur|al|ly, adverb …

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  • 14sculp|sit — «SKUHLP siht», Latin. he or she carved it …

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  • 15Sculp|to|ris — «skuhlp TR ihs, TOHR », noun. genitive of Sculptor …

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  • 16sculp|tress — «SKUHLP trihs», noun. a woman sculptor …

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  • 17sculp|tured — «SKUHLP chuhrd», adjective. 1. covered or ornamented with sculpture. 2. carved or molded in sculpture: »Hood and fenders of the highly styled car are sculptured (Wall Street Journal) …

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  • 18sculp|ture — «SKUHLP chuhr», noun, verb, tured, tur|ing. –n. 1. the art of carving or modeling figures. Sculpture includes the cutting of statues from blocks of marble or other stone or wood, casting in bronze or other material, and making metal statues by… …

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  • 19sculp, sculpt — Once considered nonstandard, both words are accepted as shortened forms of to sculpture. Both sculp and sculpt are derived from a Latin verb, sculpere ( to carve ). But doesn t sculpture, a perfectly good verb, sound better than sculp and sculpt? …

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  • 20sculp — (noun)) 1) the fleshy part of a cod s head, cut off and eaten as a delicacy (Newfoundland); (verb) 2) to cut off the fleshy part of a cod s head (Newfoundland) …

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