BAS-RELIEF


Meaning of BAS-RELIEF in English

|bä, |bȧ+ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ sometimes |bas or |baas or |bais+ noun

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Etymology: French (translation of Italian bassorilievo ), from bas low + relief raised work — more at base , relief

1. : sculptural relief in which the projection from the surrounding surface is slight and no part of the modeled form is undercut

heraldic emblems carved in bas-relief

— compare high relief

2. : sculpture or a sculptural form executed in bas-relief

an early Wedgwood bas-relief

3. : a photographic print having the appearance of sculpture made from a positive transparency and its negative in contact but with the images not quite coinciding

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Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.