English to Afrikaans Meaning of carving - carving


Carving :
carving
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Definitions of carving in English
Noun
Verb
Examples of carving in English
(1) a carving of an Asian elephant(2) a table decorated with fluted carving(3) Master craftsmen built some Welsh churches, and these may well have been adorned with ornate wooden carvings .(4) The walls are dark wood and carvings are etched carefully into posts set around the room.(5) They're best known for their rock art carvings most of which is Pictish and dates from the fourth century.(6) Every corner was adorned with precious wooden and granite carvings mounted on ornate pedestals.(7) The door was engraved with carvings of dead and live roses with long stems and sharp thorns.(8) It was made of stone, and it had carvings of sea creatures carved into the front door.(9) Wooden carvings of birds hang upside down from a set of wires stretched along the low ceiling.(10) Rare paintings, frescoes and stone carvings present a marvellous panorama to the visitor.(11) Bulls are found in stone carvings as well as in the prehistoric cave paintings of the region.(12) Their exhibition features traditional and contemporary Pacific art and carvings .(13) The carvings stem from the Byzantine period and apparently were made by monks in the fourth or fifth century.(14) Gilded statues and carvings adorn the walls and pilgrims come from far and wide.(15) The gilded wooden carvings around the windows had turned brown, but now they gleam.(16) Scholars believe that these carvings were designed for export to Europe.
Related Phrases of carving
(1) carve ::
kerf
(2) carving knife ::
vleismes
(3) wood carving ::
houtsneewerk
(4) stone carving ::
klip kerf
(5) jade carving ::
jade carving
(6) carving fork ::
kerf vurk
Synonyms
Noun
1. sculpture ::
beeldhouwerk
2. cutting ::
sny
Verb
3. sculpt ::
sculpt
4. engrave ::
graveer
5. slice ::
sny
Word Example from TV Shows
The words they'll be carving
into my tombstone.

The words they'll be CARVING into my tombstone.

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 23

Thank you for carving a smiley face
in my sandwich.

Thank you for CARVING a smiley face in my sandwich.

The Big Bang Theory Season 3, Episode 1

Even now I could out through
the five of you like carving a cake!

Even now I could out through the five of you like CARVING a cake!

Game of Thrones Season 1, Episode 8

Bring the bird over here
and the carving knife.

Bring the bird over here and the CARVING knife.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 3

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