carving

English

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: car‧ving
IPA^(key): [ˈkɑɹvɪŋ]
Rhymes: -ɑː(r)vɪŋ
Homophone: calving (Received Pronunciation)

Noun

carving (countable and uncountable, plural carvings)

A carved object.
The carvings on the oak panels were ancient.
The act or craft of producing a carved object.
He took up carving after his retirement.

My father is an expert in carving, so we let him handle Christmas dinner.

Translations

the object produced

Arabic: نَحْت‎ (ar) m (naḥt)
Catalan: entallament m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雕刻 (zh) (diāokè)
French: gravure (fr) f, sculpture (fr) f, découpage (fr) m
Galician: talla f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Schnitzerei (de) f
Greek: γλυπτό (el) n (glyptó)
Ancient Greek: γλυφή f (gluphḗ)

Japanese: 彫刻 (ja) (ちょうこく, chōkoku)
Latvian: grebums m, kokgriezums m (wood carving)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utskjæring m or f

Nynorsk: utskjering f
Russian: резьба́ (ru) f (rezʹbá)
Spanish: tallado (es) m, escultura (es) f
Ukrainian: різьба́ (uk) f (rizʹbá)

the craft

Galician: talla f
German: Schnitzerei (de) f

Greek: γλυπτική (el) f (glyptikí)
Italian: intaglio (it) m

Verb

carving

present participle of carve
(snowboarding) Executing turns without pivoting.

Anagrams

craving

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