sculp

[ skuhlp ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to sculpture; carve or model.

Origin of sculp

1
First recorded in 1525–35, sculp is from the Latin word sculpere to carve

Other definitions for sculp. (2 of 2)

sculp.

abbreviation
  1. sculptor.

  2. sculptural.

  1. sculpture.

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How to use sculp in a sentence

  • When I grow up a little more and learn how, I am going to sculp such a wonderful statue that Zebedee can stop working.

  • As we neared them, the driver said: Its bout an even chance thet wes sculp ther!

    Greater Britain | Charles Wentworth Dilke
  • Then when they went home in the evening, the grand-moth-er would say, "What have you been doing to-day, my little sculp-tor?"

  • Zanetti certainly cut many of his own blocks, as the prints with the signature A. M. Zanetti, sculp.

    John Baptist Jackson | Jacob Kainen
  • Jourdan sculp., 1788, shows his armorial bearings surmounted by his coronet, whilst beneath are enumerated his titles and offices.

    French Book-plates | Walter Hamilton