as in sculpting
to create a three-dimensional representation of (something) using solid material
carved a statue out of rare marble
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Recent Examples of carving
Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2025
Admission includes a large pumpkin and carving tools.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Try etching your gourds instead of carving all the way through, or paint them fun colors and designs.
—Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating are also on this month's calendar for the shelter's young residents, who range from under a year old to 18.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2025
Admission includes a large pumpkin and carving tools.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
Pumpkin Masters, the popular pumpkin carving company that offers a wide range of carving and decorating kits, topped the list in the percentage of price increases, with year-over-year increases as high as 300%.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Try etching your gourds instead of carving all the way through, or paint them fun colors and designs.
—Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carving
Verb
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The center of the nebula plays host to a population of energetic young stars that are busily sculpting dense pillars of dust with their radiation.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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Known primarily for sculpting the neoclassical Bethesda Fountain in New York City’s Central Park, Stebbins also created deeply personal works, including an 1870 bust of Cushman, which features among 14 works on display at Huntington’s Heckscher Museum of Art.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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My senior thesis in college was a sculpture show.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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That also means the sculpture will be back on public view for a limited time, when the auction house installs it in the fourth-floor bathroom of its brand-new headquarters for 10 days leading up to the sale.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Built to last, the 2020 model features a new roof design that boasts up to 90 pounds per square foot of snow load.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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The traditional model of assembling large, diverse teams for every innovation challenge is now obsolete.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carving. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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