carving
kor ving
- n a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape
- n removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
- n creating figures or designs in three dimensions
- v form by carving
- v engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
- v cut to pieces
- Giant yellow earthmovers groaned through the mud of the Transkei's capital, completing $12 million worth of new paved highways and carving out access roads to the newly completed .
- Still, you don't want to count out a rival who may come at you with an electric carving knife.
- Hans Arp's rounded wood carving was called Sculpture Conjugate because his wife worked on it too.