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scultura

Pronunciation: /skulˈtu.ra/

“scultura” is an Italian word. Its 13 meanings in English:

noun

  1. the art or technique of sculpting or carving out
  2. the activity of a sculptor
  3. sculpting (the act of one who sculpts)
  4. sculpting (the product of one who sculpts)
  5. sculpture (three-dimensional work of art)
  6. incision, engraving
  7. sculpture (works of art created by sculpting, as a group)
  8. the decorative pattern on a ship's stern
  9. the inner structure of a mineral
  10. the prominence of one's facial traits
  11. a particularly evocative literary (or verbal or theatrical) expression
  12. a relief pattern
  13. alveolation

In Italian

  1. arte e tecnica di ottenere figure in rilievo dai materiali
  2. il risultato di tale attività
  3. in ambito scientifico le rientranze e le sporgenze presenti su una superficie

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin sculptūra (“act of carving; sculpture”), derived from sculpō (“to carve”) + -tūra (“-ing, -ure”, action noun suffix).

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