carving

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹvɪŋ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːvɪŋ/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vɪŋ
Homophone: calving (non-rhotic, Received Pronunciation, trap–bath split)
Hyphenation: carv‧ing

Noun

carving (countable and uncountable, plural carvings)

(sculpture) A carved object.
The carvings on the oak panels were ancient.
The act or craft of producing a carved object.
He took up carving after his retirement.

My father is an expert in carving, so we let him handle Christmas dinner.

Derived terms

Translations

the object produced

Arabic: نَحْت (ar) m (naḥt)
Bulgarian: дърворезба (bg) f (dǎrvorezba)
Catalan: entallament m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雕刻 (zh) (diāokè)
Esperanto: ĉizaĵo (eo)
French: gravure (fr) f, sculpture (fr) f, découpage (fr) m
Galician: talla (gl) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Schnitzerei (de) f
Greek: γλυπτό (el) n (glyptó)
Ancient: γλυφή f (gluphḗ)
Irish: snoiteán m
Japanese: 彫刻 (ja) (ちょうこく, chōkoku)
Latvian: grebums m, kokgriezums m (wood carving)
Maori: whakaironga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utskjæring m or f

Nynorsk: utskjering f
Russian: резьба́ (ru) f (rezʹbá)
Spanish: tallado (es) m, escultura (es) f
Swedish: snideri (sv) c
Ukrainian: різьба́ (uk) f (rizʹbá), рі́зьблення n (rízʹblennja)

the craft

Bulgarian: разбарство n (razbarstvo)
French: sculpture de bois
Galician: talla (gl) f
German: Schnitzerei (de) f
Greek: γλυπτική (el) f (glyptikí)
Ancient: γλυπτική f (gluptikḗ)
Irish: snoíodóireacht f, snoí m
Italian: intaglio (it) m
Swedish: snideri (sv) c
Ukrainian: рі́зьблення n (rízʹblennja), різьба́рство n (rizʹbárstvo), різьбя́рство n (rizʹbjárstvo)

Verb

carving

present participle and gerund of carve
(snowboarding) Executing turns without pivoting.

Anagrams

craving