sculptured

Adjective
Synonyms: gravensculptedmodeledsculpturalsculpturesque

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. cut into a desired shape“graven images”“sculptured representations”Synonyms: gravensculpted
  2. resembling sculpture“her finely modeled features”“rendered with...vivid sculptural effect”“the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies”Synonyms: modeledsculpturalsculpturesque
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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