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Carving

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cuttingnoun(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
sculpturenoun(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).

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sculptureverbTo fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
cuttingnoun(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
sculptingnounThe act or product of one who sculpts; sculpture.
muralverbTo create a mural.
sculptornounA person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.
engravingnoun(art) The practice of incising a design onto a hard surface, by cutting grooves into it.
etchingnoun(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
printmakingnounThe field of art concerned, roughly, with the transfer of ink or paint from a plate or block or through a screen mesh to paper.
cutverb(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
chartingnounThe act by which something is charted.
woodverb(transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
jadeverbTo fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).
plottingnounThe act of scheming or making plots; machination.
ivorynoun(uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
eagleverb(golf) To score an eagle.
eaglesnounThe Philadelphia Eagles
sculptorsnounA person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.
sculpturesnoun(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).
incisingverb(transitive) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
chiselingnounAlternative form of chiselling. [A piece of work produced using a chisel.]

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