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{
"term": "sculpture",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a work of art that is a solid figure or object made by carving or shaping wood, stone, clay, metal, etc.",
"labels": "(US English)(US English)(US English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a marble sculpture of Venus"
},
{
"text": "He collects modern sculpture."
},
{
"text": "a sculpture garden/park"
},
{
"text": "a bronze/stone sculpture"
},
{
"text": "She creates sculptures out of scrap materials."
},
{
"text": "Tombs remain the most important monumental sculpture of this period."
},
{
"text": "a sculpture by Henry Moore"
},
{
"text": "a sculpture of a horse"
}
],
"topics": ["Art"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["abstract", "figurative", "ancient"],
"… of sculpture": ["piece", "series", "collection"],
"verb + sculpture": ["create", "make", "commission"],
"preposition": ["sculpture by", "sculpture of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the art of making sculptures",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the techniques of sculpture in stone"
},
{
"text": "The frieze shows ancient Greek relief sculpture at its most inventive."
},
{
"text": "She trained in painting and sculpture at Columbia University."
}
],
"topics": ["Hobbies"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskʌlptʃə(r)/",
"audio": "sc/sculpture/sculpture__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskʌlptʃər/",
"audio": "sc/sculpture/sculpture__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin sculptura, from sculpere ‘carve’."
}