/ skʌlpt; NAmE / verb [ vn ] [ usually passive ]
1.
sculpt sth (in / from / out of sth) to make figures or objects by carving or shaping wood, stone, clay , metal, etc. :
a display of animals sculpted in ice
The figures were sculpted from single blocks of marble.
2.
to give sth a particular shape :
a coastline sculpted by the wind and sea
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from French sculpter , from sculpteur sculptor; later regarded as a back-formation from sculptor or sculpture .