carving

[US]/'kɑːvɪŋ/
[UK]/'kɑrvɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the act or art of sculpting or cutting designs into a surface; a sculpted or carved object; the practice of using a sharp tool to shape a material into a desired form

v. to cut or sculpt designs into a material using a sharp tool

Phrases & Collocations

wood carving

stone carving

intricate carvings

traditional carving techniques

jade carving

carving machine

root carving

shell carving

carving knife

carving stone

ice carving

Example Sentences

a carving of great antiquity.

carving the Sunday roast.

the stone carvings and whimsies.

wood carving in relief

Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.

Wood carving are a specialty of this village.

the exquisitely detailed carvings on the cathedral door

carving out a 5 per cent share of the overall vote.

He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.

Admirer of bone-carvings as strong as gigas, a sasquatch pal with muscles...

LongDi Jade Carving Factory is a large scale jadeware processing factory with many years of history.

The little bancha are listening to the legends of their ancestors' origins. Ironically, the carvings on the pillars are actually copied from Africa.

The carvings on the cabin have lost lustre (faded) long before , the slates on the road have been outworn to their slipperiness by to-and-fros of generations.

there was the rich square bell tower of Saint-Jacques de la Boucherie, with its angles all frothing with carvings, already admirable, although it was not finished in the fifteenth century.

To the following surface treatment: sand blasting, oxidation, corrosion, laser carving, wholesale, laser welding, polishing, lampworking, PVD vacuum electroplating, oil-filled fonts.

Real-world Examples

Take the jade carving for example.

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Their artists innovated, creating vast mosaics and ornate marble carvings.

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Just kind of weird, sort of, carvings inside the ice.

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We did soap carving, how hard could it be?

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The more carving, the more money.

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Some people think that it's a carving of Orion or maybe a calendar.

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" He drank from Leonard's glass" the words they'll be carving into my tombstone.

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In Paete, Laguna, each house are doing some wood carving.

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I don't give a shit about carving pumpkins.

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Did carving it take a long time?

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