wood carving

noun

: the art of fashioning or ornamenting objects of wood by cutting with a sharp handheld implement
also : an object of wood so fashioned or ornamented
wood-carver noun

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To buy one-of-a-kind gifts and stocking stuffers, visit the outdoor Holiday Fresh Market, which has items like pottery and wood carvings made by talented artists. Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024 The exhibition captures fragments of life frozen in time through wood carvings on stained birch planks — a hand with its fingers crossed, a leaf suspended mid-fall and a ballerina’s foot. Violet Goldstone, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024 Two-day exhibition and sale of wood carvings featuring artists from local carving clubs and independent carvers. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2024 At Good Folk there are locally made wood carvings and paintings. Candice Rainey, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for wood carving 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1710, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wood carving was circa 1710

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“Wood carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wood%20carving. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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