Definition of "sculpture"

sculpture

/ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/

noun
usually uncountable, plural sculptures
1. (countable) A three dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
  Quotations
  There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.
  1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […]
2. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
3. (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
4. (archaic) A printed picture, such as an engraving.
  Quotations
  Both are Tranſlated into Engliſh, Illuſtrated with Sculptures, and Printed about two Years ago.
  1690, “Preface to the Reader”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies, London: Randal Taylor, page i
verb
third-person singular simple present sculptures, present participle sculpturing, simple past and past participle sculptured
1. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
2. To represent something in sculpture.
3. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.