sculpt meaning

sculpt as a verb

1. create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
   • sculpt a swan out of a block of ice

   Synonyms: sculpture

   Type of: shape

   Related forms: sculpture, sculptor

2. shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
   • She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband

   Synonyms: sculpture, grave

   Type of: carve

   Related forms: sculpture, sculptor

sculpt in a sentence

• Knead the clay like bread to soften it before sculpting.
• The sculptor is sculpting a statue of a lion.
• They are sculpting a statue out of marble.
• We could discuss the advantages of clay as basic sculpting material.
• Tom likes to listen to old murder ballads while sculpting butter.

How to pronounce sculpt

sculpt is pronounced /skʌlpt/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.