'Sculpture' definitions:

Definition of 'sculpture'

From: WordNet
noun
A three-dimensional work of plastic art
noun
Creating figures or designs in three dimensions [syn: sculpture, carving]
verb
Create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" [syn: sculpt, sculpture]
verb
Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" [syn: sculpt, sculpture, grave]

Definition of 'Sculpture'

From: GCIDE
  • Sculpture \Sculp"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. sculptura: cf. F. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen The mad affection of the Cretan queen. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sculpture'

From: GCIDE
  • Sculpture \Sculp"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sculptured; p. pr. & vb. n. Sculpturing.] To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave. [1913 Webster]
  • Sculptured tortoise (Zool.), a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures. [1913 Webster]