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anonymous sculpture

anonymous sculpture noun: any industrial structure whose architecture is thought to have unintended artistic qualities.

Noun

anonymous sculpture (countable and uncountable, plural anonymous sculptures)

  1. Any industrial structure whose architecture is thought to have unintended artistic qualities.

Forms of anonymous sculpture

pluralanonymous sculptures

Origin of anonymous sculpture

Calque of German Anonyme Skulpturen; the term was used by Bernd and Hilla Becher, who photographed such structures.

Questions about anonymous sculpture

What does anonymous sculpture mean?
Anonymous sculpture means any industrial structure whose architecture is thought to have unintended artistic qualities.
What part of speech is anonymous sculpture?
Anonymous sculpture is a noun.
What is the plural of anonymous sculpture?
The plural of anonymous sculpture is anonymous sculptures.

Words near anonymous sculpture in the dictionary

  1. anonymous function
  2. anonymous functions
  3. anonymous pipe
  4. anonymous pipes
  5. anonymous proxy
  6. anonymous sculpture
  7. anonymous sculptures
  8. anonymouse
  9. anonymously
  10. anonymousness
  11. anonyms

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