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ca⋅vo-re⋅lie⋅vo

  [kah-voh-ri-lee-voh, key-]
–noun, plural -vos. Fine Arts.
1. a form of relief sculpture in which the volumes are carved or incised so that the highest points are below or level with the original surface. Compare intaglio (defs. 1–3).
2. a piece of sculpture in this form.
Also called sunk relief.

Origin:
< It cavo-rilievo hollow relief. See cave, relief
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