Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sculptor
IPA transcription: [sk'ʌlptɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: sculptor, sculpturer, carver, statue_maker
    Meaning: an artist who creates sculptures
Usage examples
  • Daedalus, a descendant of Erechtheus, was an Athenian architect, sculptor, and mechanician.
  • Composer, sculptor, painter, poet, prophet, sage, these are the makers of the after-world, the architects of heaven.
  • Sometimes they entered merely to see a statue or a picture they were reading or conversing about the preceding eve; and then they repaired to some modern studio, where their entrance always made the sculptor's eyes sparkle.
  • Most, if not all, belong to the class that is increasable, although it may be with much difficulty. Even when the exact thing cannot be duplicated, as a bust by an ancient sculptor or an autograph of a dead author, many substitutes serving the same or closely related wants, affect and limit the demand, and thus increase the supply.