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# sculptor

«sculptor» in Mova's school dictionary: **An artist who makes sculptures — figures or shapes carved…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a sculptor, sculptors)

### meaning for a pupil

An artist who makes sculptures — figures or shapes carved from stone or wood, or made from clay, metal or other materials. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sculptor/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In art lessons pupils learn about sculptors such as Michelangelo, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. In history famous statues tell us about the past. Phrases: «a famous sculptor», «the sculptor carved».

### examples

- Michelangelo was a sculptor and a painter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sculptor/#x1)
- The sculptor carved a bear from a tree trunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sculptor/#x2)
- Barbara Hepworth was a British sculptor who made smooth shapes with holes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sculptor/#x3)
- Our class visited a sculptor's studio. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sculptor/#x4)
- The sculptor shaped the clay with her hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sculptor/#x5)
- A sculptor made the statue in the town square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sculptor/#x6)
- Once it had been a temple; a young sculptor now dwelt there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sculptor/#x7)

### note

Countable: sculptors. Spelling: -or, not -er. The work is a «sculpture»; the verb is «sculpt». Do not mix up «sculptor» (person) and «sculpture» (object).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sculptor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sculptor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.