Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The art of creating or decorating objects of wood by carving with a sharp handheld tool.
- noun A carved wood object.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
wood carving .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a carving created by carving wood
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Examples
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He apprenticed himself to an architect, but at the same time also practised several decorative arts, such as woodcarving, illuminating manuscripts, and designing furniture, stained glass and embroidery.
A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher
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She grew up in a small town in Massachusetts and studied painting at Rhode Island School of Design, where she became interested in music more seriously, while exploring old artistic techniques such as woodcarving and encaustic painting.
Fulldls.com 2008
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Employment seems to be mostly tourism now, but it looks as if some small farming, especially wine grapes, logging and handicrafts such as woodcarving still employ some folks.
Robert Lindsay 2008
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She grew up in a small town in Massachusetts and studied painting at Rhode Island School of Design, where she became interested in music more seriously, while exploring old artistic techniques such as woodcarving and encaustic painting.
Fulldls.com 2008
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There is also Phyfe's own chest of woodcarving tools, its beautifully veneered interior worthy of cabinetry for a front parlor, the elegantly beveled handle of each tool worn to mellow smoothness by years of use.
Furniture for a Young Nation Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012
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My woodcarving efforts don't rate that expensive a grade of raw material.
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The image, to my ignorant mind, is straight off a postcard or some sort of ancient Borneo woodcarving -- except the roof of each boat glows a radiant yellow, because every single one of those ferries sports upon further examination a giant advertisement for DiGi cellular service.
Zac Hill: Being Cool With Having Stuff: At-Least-Potentially Guilt-Free Super Bowl Cruising Zac Hill 2011
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My woodcarving efforts don't rate that expensive a grade of raw material.
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In France, both during his school years and later, Paul studied art, sculpture, and woodcarving and, according to the report, followed a “bohemian mode of life.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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This legacy includes colorful processions in which descended deities are borne aloft under high parasols and bending palms; native dances and dance-dramas in elaborate costumes and masks, to the clang-bong-ring of a gamelan; and intricate woodcarving, metalwork and hand-woven fabrics.
Island Art, and All That Comes With It David Littlejohn 2011
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