carving

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: carv=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

carving, n. 

•  The act or art of one who carves.  [1913 Webster]
•  A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material.  Sir W. Temple.  [1913 Webster]
•  The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

carving, n. a carved object, esp. as a work of art.

THESAURUS

carving

bust, doll, dolly, dummy, fantoccini, figure, figurehead, figurine, gingerbread man, lay figure, man of straw, manikin, mannequin, marionette, model, monument, portrait bust, puppet, scarecrow, sculpture, snowman, statuary, statue, statuette, wax figure, waxwork, wood carving

ROGET THESAURUS

carving

Sculpture

N sculpture, insculpture, carving, statuary, high relief, low relief, bas relief, relief, relieve, bassorilievo, altorilievo, mezzorilievo, intaglio, anaglyph, medal, medallion, cameo, marble, bronze, terra cotta, papier-mache, ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware, cloisonne, enamel, faience, Laocoon, satsuma, statue, cast, glyptotheca, sculptured, v, in relief, anaglyptic, ceroplastic, ceramic, parian, marble, xanthian.