sculpture

noun

1. (countable, usually)A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).

   “There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.”

2. (countable, usually)More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.
3. (uncountable, usually)Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
4. (uncountable, usually)The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
5. (archaic, uncountable, usually)A printed picture, such as an engraving.

   “Both are Tranſlated into Engliſh, Illuſtrated with Sculptures, and Printed about two Years ago.”

verb

1. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
2. To represent something in sculpture.
3. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.