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Word Meanings - CARVING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act or art of one who carves. 2. A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material. "Carving in wood." Sir W. Temple. 3. The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving

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1. The act or art of one who carves. 2. A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material. "Carving in wood." Sir W. Temple. 3. The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.

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  • SCULPTURESQUE
    After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to, sculpture.
  • SCULPTURE
    1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials. 2. Carved work
  • CARVOL
    One of a species of aromatic oils, resembling carvacrol.
  • STATUARY
    The art of carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture. Sir W. Temple. 3. A collection of statues; statues, collectively. (more info) statuarius, a., of or belonging to statues, fr. statua statue:
  • CARVE
    1. To cut. Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. Spenser. 2. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. Carved with figures strange and sweet. Coleridge. 3. To make or shape by
  • PLASTIC
    a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic (more info) 1. Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.
  • CARVEN
    Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved. A carven bowl well wrought of beechen tree. Bp. Hall. The carven cedarn doors. Tennyson. A screen of carven ivory. Mrs. Browning.
  • CARVEL
    1. Same as Caravel. 2. A species of jellyfish; sea blubber. Sir T. Herbert.
  • PLASTICALLY
    In a plastic manner.
  • PLASTICITY
    Plastic force. Dunglison. (more info) 1. The quality or state of being plastic.
  • CARVELBUILT
    Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel.
  • CARVACROL
    A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway .
  • CARVIST
    A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. Booth.
  • CARVENE
    An oily substance, C10H16, extracted from oil caraway.
  • CARVER
    1. One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc. "The carver's chisel." Dodsley. The carver of his fortunes. Sharp 2. One who carves or divides meat
  • CARVING
    1. The act or art of one who carves. 2. A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material. "Carving in wood." Sir W. Temple. 3. The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving
  • PLASTICAL
    See PLASTIC
  • PROPLASTIC
    Forming a mold.
  • APLASTIC
    Not plastic or easily molded.
  • STOMATOPLASTIC
    Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed.
  • PROTOPLASTIC
    First-formed. Howell.
  • PHELLOPLASTICS
    Art of modeling in cork.
  • EMPLASTIC
    Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications.
  • GALVANOPLASTIC
    Of or pertaining to the art or process of electrotyping; employing, or produced by, the process of electolytic deposition; as, a galvano-plastic copy of a medal or the like.
  • ECTOPLASTIC
    Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm.
  • RHINOPLASTIC
    Of or pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation.
  • INSCULPTURED
    Engraved. Glover.
  • MONOPLASTIC
    That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, a monoplastic element.
  • EMBRYOPLASTIC
    Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.
  • CEROPLASTICS; CEROPLASTY
    The art of modeling in wax.
  • HOMOPLASTIC
    Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans; homoplastic forms.
  • ENDOPLASTICA
    A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am

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