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bas-re⋅lief

  [bah-ri-leef, bas-; bah-ri-leef, bas-]
–noun
relief sculpture in which the figures project slightly from the background.
Also called low relief.

Origin:
1660–70; < F, on the model of It bassorilievo. Cf. bassorilievo, base 2 , relief
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low relief  
n.  Sculptural relief that projects very little from the background. Also called bas-relief, basso-relievo.
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bas-relief [(bah ruh-leef)]

A kind of carving or sculpture in which the figures are raised a few inches from a flat background to give a three-dimensional effect. The term is French for “low relief.”

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Word Origin & History

bas-relief 
1667, from It. basso-rilievo "low relief, raised work," influenced by Fr. form bas-relief, which is from the It. term.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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