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carving

American  
[kahr-ving] / ˈkɑr vɪŋ /

noun

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

  2. a carved design or figure.

carving British  
/ ˈkɑːvɪŋ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of carving

See carve, -ing 1

Example Sentences

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Some of her younger siblings went with her, carving out a new family dynamic in the process.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

There was an open bar, a roast beef carving station and trays of appetizers passed around a restaurant located on a Dallas Cowboys themed golf course.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Living in Devon she is unable to practice with snow but, as a stone sculptor by trade, she said carving both was a similar practice.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

To be sure, weird things happen on ice and snow when athletes are ripping down mountains and carving around sharp turns—and glory is decided by fractions of a second.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

What the apprentice or art student learns are skills and techniques: established ways of drawing, painting, carving, designing—established ways of seeing.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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