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sculpt
[ skuhlpt ]
/ skʌlpt /
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verb (used with or without object)
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Origin of sculpt
1860–65; <French sculpter<Latin sculpt- (past participle stem of sculpere to carve); or as back formation from sculptor
OTHER WORDS FROM sculpt
re·sculpt, verb (used with object)Words nearby sculpt
scullion, sculp, sculpin, sculping, sculpsit, sculpt, sculptor, Sculptor's Tool, sculptress, sculpture, sculptured
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British Dictionary definitions for sculpt
sculpt
/ (skʌlpt) /
verb
a variant of sculpture (def. 5), sculpture (def. 6), sculpture (def. 7), sculpture (def. 8)
(intr) to practise sculpture
Also called (formerly): sculp
Word Origin for sculpt
C19: from French sculpter, from Latin sculpere to carve
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