γλυπτική — meaning in English

English meaning

• carving noun An object made by cutting or shaping wood, stone, or another material.
• sculpture noun A three-dimensional work of art made by carving, modelling, casting, or assembling material.

Senses

γλυπτική is used for these senses in English:

• carving The act or craft of producing a carved object.
• sculpture (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.

carving — full definition

1. noun An object made by cutting or shaping wood, stone, or another material.
2. noun The craft or act of shaping material by cutting.

sculpture — full definition

1. noun A three-dimensional work of art made by carving, modelling, casting, or assembling material.
2. noun Sculptures considered collectively, as a category of art.
3. verb To shape material into a three-dimensional artistic form.

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