carving

carv·ing  (kärvng)

n.

1. The cutting of material such as stone or wood to form a figure or design.

2. A figure or design formed by this kind of cutting.

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carving

Noun

a figure or design produced by carving stone or wood

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	carving - a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape cinquefoil - an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle glyptic art, glyptography - carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones) scrimshaw - a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers sculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art vermiculation - a decoration consisting of wormlike carvings woodcarving - a carving created by carving wood
	2.	carving - removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape cutting creating by removal - the act of creating by removing something petroglyph - a carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people) truncation - the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
	3.	carving - creating figures or designs in three dimensions sculpture artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" modelling, modeling, moulding, molding - a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art

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carving

noun sculpture,

Translations

carving [ˈkɑːvɪŋ] n (in wood etc) → escultura, talla

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carving [ˈkɑːvɪŋ] carve n (in wood etc) → sculpture f

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carving [ˈkɑːvɪŋ] carve n → Skulptur f;

(in wood etc) → Schnitzerei f

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carving [ˈkɑːvɪŋ] n (in wood etc) → scultura