carving
noun
the act of fashioning or producing by cutting into or shaping solid material, as wood.
carvings
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pluralof carving.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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According to the company’s website, the business sells precious and semi-precious crystal pendants, carvings and chains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
That animating spirit courses through “Celtic Art Across the Ages,” a nearly 300-object survey of jewelry, armor, chariot fittings, manuscripts, vessels, coins, carvings and textiles at the Harvard Art Museums, its sole venue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Images of seabirds, fish, and sprouting maize appear together on textiles, ceramics, pottery, wall carvings and paintings.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
The grand palace in the luxury Palmeraie neighbourhood of Marrakech has been described as an architectural masterpiece, built by 1,300 craftsmen and featuring ornate carvings and mosaics.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Apart from large-scale cave art, the people of the Upper Paleolithic also produced small, hand-sized drawings and carvings in bone, horn, or stone, skillfully cut by means of flint tools.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
