carving

[ kahr-ving ]

noun

1. the act of fashioning or producing by cutting into or shaping solid material, as wood.
2. a carved design or figure.

carving

/ ˈkɑːvɪŋ /

noun

1. a figure or design produced by carving stone, wood, etc glyptic

Word History and Origins

Origin of carving¹

See carve, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

On the lift, testers fill out scorecards, ranking the planks on up to six criteria, like stability, carving, floatation, and surfability—the ability to slash turns and dump speed.

From Outside Online

Transfer the chicken to a carving board and let it rest for 5 minutes.

From Washington Post

Egger had been fascinated with milk since she was a child growing up in Minneapolis, where she once placed second in a youth butter carving competition at the Minnesota state fair.

From MIT Technology Review

El Morro National Monument is 20 minutes away and home to some 2,000 carvings by Ancestral Puebloans and Spanish and American settlers.

From Outside Online

The computer adapts the robot’s carving instructions to each material’s unique properties.

From Science News For Students

Whole Foods and kitchens across the country should probably start carving out a (very chilled) section for him now.

From The Daily Beast

An esteemed historian of Southern culinary culture, Ferris had all the utensils to do some serious carving on Paula Deen.

From The Daily Beast

One of the men was carrying a carving knife and a live goose.

From The Daily Beast

In the carving, the temple is depicted with a classical pediment front and a colonnade of columns supporting the structure.

From The Daily Beast

In an ancient stone carving, warriors brandishing shields and swords swarm over the columned facade of a grand temple.

From The Daily Beast

The windows are ornamented by tracery, and the façade is enriched by a free use of carving.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole of the carving and sculptured work has been executed by Mr. John Roddis.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a fine marble, much too hard to admit of minute carving, but taking a high polish.

From Project Gutenberg

He has his particular likings and tit-bits, and is very expert in carving out the parts of an animal that please him best.

From Project Gutenberg

On the upper part of each of these posts was a rude carving of a hideous human face with prominent teeth.

From Project Gutenberg

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