carving
Whittling into shape
Carving is the act of cutting into a solid material to shape it—wood, stone, meat.
A carving is the result: a decorative object cut from wood or stone, or a slice of meat from a roast.
The carving knife is the large blade used at the table: Who's doing the carving this Thanksgiving?
Knife-carving wood into shapes
- chiselEdged carving implement
- gougeConcave carving blade
- latheRotating shaping machine
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
chip · turning · shaping · relief · bowl · spoon · figure · decoy
Edged carving implement
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- bustFailure or sculpture
- sculptorArtist shaping solid materials
bas-relief · bronze · figurine · relief · torso · maquette · clay · modeling
Pointed engraving implement
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- inciseCut into material
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
- linocutPrint from carved linoleum
woodcut · woodblock · etching · mezzotint · aquatint · drypoint · gouge · plate
Carbonate sedimentary rock
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
- chiselEdged carving implement
quarry · mason · masonry · relief · petroglyph · jade · soapstone · onyx
Wattled North American fowl
- roastDry-heat cooking method
- hamCured pig thigh
- brisketLower chest of cattle
- jointShared by multiple parties
meat · knife · fork · slice · platter · tableside · serving · presentation
Ancient Egyptian picture-writing
- petroglyphCarved image on stone
- glyphVisual form of character
- inscriptionText permanently marked
- runeAncient Germanic letter
totem · emblem · relief · tablet · monument · memorial · pictograph · seal
whittling
Knife-carving wood into shapes
grain · chip · turning · shaping · relief · bowl · spoon · figure · decoy · mask
chisel
Edged carving implement
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- bustFailure or sculpture
sculptor · bas-relief · bronze · figurine · relief · torso · maquette · clay · modeling · plaster
burin
Pointed engraving implement
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- inciseCut into material
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
linocut · woodcut · woodblock · etching · mezzotint · aquatint · drypoint · gouge · plate · print
limestone
Carbonate sedimentary rock
chisel · quarry · mason · masonry · relief · petroglyph · jade · soapstone · onyx · hammer
turkey
Wattled North American fowl
joint · meat · knife · fork · slice · platter · tableside · serving · presentation · portion
hieroglyphs
Ancient Egyptian picture-writing
- petroglyphCarved image on stone
- glyphVisual form of character
- inscriptionText permanently marked
rune · totem · emblem · relief · tablet · monument · memorial · pictograph · seal · cartouche
- Halloweenjack-o-lantern, trick or treating, haunted mansion, pumpkin, trick-or-treat
- applied artsapplied arts, decorative arts, industrial design, design, furniture design
- sculpturestatue, sculpture, sculptor, sculpting, bronze
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, drill
- ancient craftspottery, mosaics, weaving, carpentry, blacksmithing
- breaking downsplitting, fragmenting, dividing, breaking up, partitioning
carvingmolding
Decorative architectural edging
modeling · building up · clay modeling · adding · casting
- pumpkin carvingSculpting faces in gourds
- wood carvingSculpting with timber
- carving knifeBlade for slicing roasts
- ivory carvingSculpture from animal tusks
- stone carvingSculptural work in rock
- carving knivesBlades for slicing roasts
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