Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sculptured
IPA transcription: [sk'ʌlptʃɚd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: graven, sculpted, sculptured
    Meaning: cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured representations"
Usage examples
  • A more interesting problem than a walk over a glacier thus sculptured and adorned is seldom presented to the mountaineer.
  • On many of the great stone crosses are sculptured harp-players and pipe-players, from which we learn a great deal about the shapes and sizes of the several instruments.
  • There was a momentary tremor throughout the ice-bound form, and the moon, coming out from behind a cloud, shone down on the rigid figure of a beautiful woman sculptured in clear, transparent ice.
  • Altogether, I saw about fifteen or sixteen miles of the main trunk. The grade is almost regular, and the walls on either hand are about from two to three thousand feet high, sculptured like those of Yosemite Valley.