Meanings
nouncarving (countable and uncountable, plural carvings)
plural carvings
- countableuncountablesculptureA carved object.
The carvings on the oak panels were ancient.
- countableuncountableThe act or craft of producing a carved object.
He took up carving after his retirement.
1 more example
My father is an expert in carving, so we let him handle Christmas dinner.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of carve
- hobbiesExecuting turns without pivoting.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounremoving parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
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Broader
creating by removal
nouncreating figures or designs in three dimensions
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek γλυπτική, γλυφή
- γλυπτική (gluptikḗ)the craft
- γλυφή (gluphḗ)the object produced
Arabic نَحْت
- نَحْت (naḥt)the object produced
Bulgarian разбарство, дърворезба
- разбарство (razbarstvo)the craft
- дърворезба (dărvorezba)the object produced
Catalan entallament, entalladura
- entallamentthe object produced
- entalladurathe object produced
Chinese Mandarin 雕刻
- 雕刻 (diāokè)the object produced
Esperanto ĉizaĵo
- ĉizaĵothe object produced
Finnish veisto, kaiverrus
- veistothe craft
- kaiverrusthe craft
- veistosthe object produced
- kaiverrosthe object produced
French sculpture de bois, gravure
- sculpture de boisthe craft
- gravurethe object produced
- sculpturethe object produced
- découpagethe object produced
- entaillagethe object produced
German Schnitzerei, Schnitzerei
- Schnitzereithe craft
- Schnitzereithe object produced
Greek γλυπτική, γλυπτό
- γλυπτική (glyptikí)the craft
- γλυπτό (glyptó)the object produced
Irish snoíodóireacht, snoí
- snoíodóireachtthe craft
- snoíthe craft
- snoiteánthe object produced
Italian intaglio
- intagliothe craft
Japanese 彫刻
- 彫刻 (chōkoku)the object produced
Latin sculptūra
- sculptūrathe object produced
Latvian grebums, kokgriezums
- grebumsthe object produced
- kokgriezumsthe object produced
Māori whakaironga
- whakairongathe object produced
Norwegian Bokmål utskjæring
- utskjæringthe object produced
Russian резьба́
- резьба́ (rezʹbá)the object produced
Spanish tallado, escultura
- talladothe object produced
- esculturathe object produced
- entallamientothe object produced
Swedish snideri, snideri
- sniderithe craft
- sniderithe object produced
Ukrainian рі́зьблення, різьба́рство
- рі́зьблення (rízʹblennja)the craft
- різьба́рство (rizʹbárstvo)the craft
- різьбя́рство (rizʹbjárstvo)the craft
- різьба́ (rizʹbá)the object produced
- рі́зьблення (rízʹblennja)the object produced
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with carving
All rhymes →Sounds the same
calving (non-rhotic, Received Pronunciation, trap–bath split)calving (non-rhotic, Received Pronunciation, trap–bath split)
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
carving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carving
MLA
“carving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carving. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carving,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carving.
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