{
    "term": "sculpture",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a work of art that is a solid figure or object made by carving or shaping wood, stone, clay, metal, etc.",
            "labels": "(US English)(US English)(US English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a marble sculpture of Venus"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He collects modern sculpture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sculpture garden/park"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bronze/stone sculpture"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She creates sculptures out of scrap materials."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tombs remain the most important monumental sculpture of this period."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sculpture by Henry Moore"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sculpture of a horse"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["abstract", "figurative", "ancient"],
                "… of sculpture": ["piece", "series", "collection"],
                "verb + sculpture": ["create", "make", "commission"],
                "preposition": ["sculpture by", "sculpture of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the art of making sculptures",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the techniques of sculpture in stone"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The frieze shows ancient Greek relief sculpture at its most inventive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She trained in painting and sculpture at Columbia University."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Hobbies"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskʌlptʃə(r)/",
                "audio": "sc/sculpture/sculpture__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskʌlptʃər/",
                "audio": "sc/sculpture/sculpture__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin sculptura, from sculpere ‘carve’."
}