sculp
1 Americanverb (used with object)
abbreviation
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sculptor.
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sculptural.
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sculpture.
Etymology
Origin of sculp
First recorded in 1525–35, sculp is from the Latin word sculpere to carve
Example Sentences
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The show, in sum, is a mirror of modern French sculp ture.
From Time Magazine Archive
For last October's Manhattan sculp ture festival, Artist Claes Oldenburg hired two professional gravediggers to shovel out a coffin-sized hole in Central Park, then fill it up again.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sculptor Bufano promptly challenged Pegler to make good on his offer to sculp something better.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just as no one can say for sure whether Braque or Picasso did the first cubist painting, so no one can be sure whether Moore or Hepworth first did this kind of open sculp ture.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact, I start for Rome by the first train to-morrow to sit as a model to a celebrated artist who is about to sculp a statue to be called Sweet Innocence.
From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 7: Miscellaneous by Ward, Artemus
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