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• present participle of carve.

carving

American  

[kahr-ving] / ˈkɑr vɪŋ /

noun

• carvings
  plural

1. the act of fashioning or producing by cutting into or shaping solid material, as wood.

2. a carved design or figure.

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carving British  

/ ˈkɑːvɪŋ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• carvings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of carving

See carve, -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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carving carvings

Before carving out a career in sports broadcasting and voice acting, Horton was just a teenaged high school basketball reject.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Twenty years ago, the hot topics were a smoking ban and carving out space for traditional Bavarian music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Antonelli looked capable of winning any which way, but decided to stop for fresh tyres under a virtual safety car mid-race and narrowed a 15-second gap to nothing before carving past Russell.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

In Kanazawa, workers dressed in full-body overalls haul large blocks of ice across the factory floor, before starting on the delicate work of carving perfect spheres, cubes and rectangular blocks with cut corners.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Soon we cut out into the clearing, a few feet from where Lincoln sat in his chair, still carving a stick into nothing more exciting than a sharp point.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

For crucial scenes portraying the palace hallway in Egypt, where Moses talks to the Pharaoh, they built cardboard boxes as the columns in the palace, and “reskinned” them with intricate carvings using AI.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 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

The striking details in the wooden structure, such as carvings in the windows and ceilings, offered a timelessness for the home, which in real life is surrounded by concrete and brick townhouses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

The oak refectory tables and benches, crafted by Robert "Mouseman" Thompson and featuring his trademark mice carvings, had been donated by former pupils.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025

Of course, she says, Á bu, and to come here with her carvings to sell she must walk all the way, more than two hundred kilometers.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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