carving

carving

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹvɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːvɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vɪŋ
• Homophone: calving (in non-rhotic accents)
• Hyphenation: carv‧ing

Noun

carving (countable and uncountable, plural carvings)

1. (sculpture) A carved object.

   The carvings on the oak panels were ancient.

2. 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.

Derived terms

• file carving
• seam carving
• wood carving

 

Translations

the object produced

Arabic: نَحْت‎ (ar) m (naḥt) Bulgarian: дърворезба (bg) f (dǎrvorezba) 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: γλυφή f (gluphḗ) Irish: snoiteán m Japanese: 彫刻 (ja) (ちょうこく, chōkoku) Latvian: grebums m, kokgriezums m (wood carving) Maori: whakaironga 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

Bulgarian: разбарство n (razbarstvo) French: sculpture de bois Galician: talla f German: Schnitzerei (de) f Greek: γλυπτική (el) f (glyptikí) Ancient: γλυπτική f (gluptikḗ) Irish: snoíodóireacht f, snoí m Italian: intaglio (it) m

Verb

carving

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

Anagrams

• craving