carving
Syllables: carv·ingUK/ˈkɑːvɪŋ//ˈkɑɹvɪŋ/
carving noun: a carved object. Also the present participle and gerund of carve.
Noun
carving (countable and uncountable, plural carvings)
- A carved object.
- The carvings on the oak panels were ancient.
- The act or craft of producing a carved object.
- He took up carving after his retirement.
- My father is an expert in carving, so we let him handle Christmas dinner.
Verb
carving
- Executing turns without pivoting.
Also used as
carving is also the present participle and gerund of carve.
carving meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
carving in Marathi
- कोरीवकाम
carving in Bengali
- খোদাই করা
carving in Telugu
- చెక్కడం, చెక్కడము
carving in Malayalam
- കൊത്തുപണി
More languagesFewer languages
- carving in Odia
- ଖୋଦାଇ
- carving in Nepali
- नक्काशी, नक्कासी
- carving in Arabic
- نَحْت naḥt
Examples of carving in a sentence
- I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
- The artist's most popular xyloglyphy was his "Laughing Buddha" series of carvings.
- The company produced household xyloglyphy, including shrines and other kinds of carvings in Chinese traditional style.
Forms of carving
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Words formed from carving
Phrases with carving
Words that rhyme with carving
Questions about carving
- What does carving mean?
- Carving means a carved object.
- What is carving in Marathi?
- Carving in Marathi is कोरीवकाम. See Carving meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is carving?
- Carving can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce carving?
- Carving is pronounced /ˈkɑɹvɪŋ/ (US).
- What is the plural of carving?
- The plural of carving is carvings.
Words near carving in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: carving (page history and authors); carving (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carving (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carving (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carving (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carving (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carving (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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