carve

To make a shape or design by cutting pieces from wood, stone, or another material.

• He carved a wooden spoon.
• She likes to carve small animals from stone.
• Can you carve a face into this block of wood?

How to use it: carve something from something (She carved a bowl from a piece of wood.); carve something into something (He carved the wood into a bird.)

Similar words: sculpt

Common phrases: carve wood, carve a statue, carve something from, carve a name

To cut cooked meat into slices so people can eat it.

• Please carve the turkey.
• Dad carved the roast while we prepared the plates.
• Who will carve the ham for dinner?

Similar words: slice, cut up

Common phrases: carve the turkey, carve a roast, carve the meat

An act of cutting meat into slices or cutting a shape into a material.

• Give the turkey a careful carve.
• One quick carve separated a slice from the roast.
• A final carve gave the wooden bird its beak.

Similar words: cut, carving

Common phrases: a careful carve, give something a carve