Definition of carving. Meaning of carving. Synonyms of carving

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Definition of carving

Carving
Carving Carv"ing, n. 1. The act or art of one who carves. 2. A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material. ``Carving in wood.' --Sir W. Temple. 3. The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.

Meaning of carving from wikipedia

- Carving is the act of using tools to shape something from a material by s****ing away portions of that material. The technique can be applied to any material...
- Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand...
- Seam carving (or liquid rescaling) is an algorithm for content-aware image resizing, developed by Shai Avidan, of Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories...
- Vegetable carving is the art of carving vegetables to form beautiful objects, such as flowers or birds. The origins of vegetable carving are disputed:...
- Meat carving is the process and skill of cutting portions of meat, such as roast and poultry, to obtain a maximum or satisfactory number of meat portions...
- Wood carving is one of the oldest arts of humankind. Wooden spears from the Middle Paleolithic, such as the Clacton Spear, reveal how humans have engaged...
- Cameo (/ˈkæmioʊ/) is a method of carving an object such as an engraved gem, item of jewellery or vessel. It nearly always features a raised (positive)...
- Fruit carving is the art of carving fruit, a very common technique in Europe and Asian countries, and particularly po****r in Thailand, China and ****an...
- In wood carving relief carving is a type in which figures or patterns are carved in a flat panel of wood; the same term is also used for carving in stone...
- incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other...