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GLYPTIC ART
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones)
Synonyms:
glyptic art; glyptography
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("glyptic art" is a kind of...):
carving (a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glyptic art"):
anaglyph (anything carved in low relief)
glyph (glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief)
glyptics; lithoglyptics (the art of engraving on precious stones)
diaglyph; intaglio (glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo))
