wood carving

See also: woodcarving

English

Alternative forms

• woodcarving

Noun

wood carving (countable and uncountable, plural wood carvings)

1. (uncountable) The art of carving wood to make decorative objects.
2. (countable) A carved wooden object.
3. (countable) A decoration made on wood by carving.

   The chest was decorated with delicate wood carvings.

Hypernyms

• woodworking

Coordinate terms

• whittling (noun)

Related terms

• woodcarver

Translations

art

• Bulgarian: дърворезбарство n (dǎrvorezbarstvo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 木雕 (muk⁶ diu¹)

  Mandarin: 木雕 (mùdiāo)

• Czech: řezbářství n
• Finnish: puunleikkaus
• German: Holzschnitzerei f
• Irish: ceardaíocht adhmaid f, snoíodóireacht adhmaid f, snoí adhmaid m
• Macedonian: резбарство n (rezbarstvo), копаничарство n (kopaničarstvo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: treskjæring m or f

  Nynorsk: treskjering f, treskurd m

• Russian: резьба́ по де́реву f (rezʹbá po dérevu)
• Swedish: träsnideri n, täljande (sv) n

object

• Bulgarian: дърворезба (bg) f (dǎrvorezba)
• Finnish: puuleikkaustyö
• Irish: snoiteán adhmaid m
• Ladin: chiena f pl
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: treskurd m

• Swedish: träsnideri n, täljd figur (sv)

decoration

• Finnish: puuleikkaus

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