practical art

noun

1. an art or craft, as woodworking or needlework, that serves a utilitarian purpose.

Word History and Origins

Origin of practical art¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

He did invent type molds for casting type and thereby brought printing to the point of a practical art.

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Bibliographical rules govern the practical art of book description, what is technically known as cataloging.

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Of what value would a shipload of harps prove to a people unacquainted with the science or the practical art of music?

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In the practical art of writing, it is not very unfair to measure its beauty largely by its utility.

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Ornamental writing is not a practical art, and has no connection whatever with the practical business of life.

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