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SCULPTURED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sculptured mean?
• SCULPTURED (adjective)
The adjective SCULPTURED has 2 senses:
1. cut into a desired shape
2. resembling sculpture
Familiarity information: SCULPTURED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cut into a desired shape
Synonyms:
Context example:
sculptured representations
Similar:
carved; carven (made for or formed by carving ('carven' is archaic or literary))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling sculpture
Synonyms:
modeled; sculptural; sculptured; sculpturesque
Context example:
the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies
Similar:
shapely (having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape)
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