statuette
IPA: stætʃuˈɛt
noun
- A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.
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Examples of "statuette" in Sentences
- Let’s hope the statuette is made of chocolate underneath the gold covering.
- That statuette is a historic Oscar won by Pickford, who was Rogers’ first wife.
- The statuette, which is 12 cm. tall, is heavily decorated with geometric patterns.
- UNDATED: In this undated handout from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Golden Globe statuette is seen.
- The statuette is a small replica of a life-sized bronze statue to be donated to the people of Soweto later this year, said
- He must know by the measurement of a mud brick, by the color of a glass bead, by the modelling of a porcelain statuette, by the pattern of
- "The Children Peace Prize statuette, which is passed on to the new child laureate every year, will be called 'the Nkosi'," read a press release from the organisers.
- In case you missed it, an archaeological team led by Nicholas Conard at the University ofTübingenexcavated a truly remarkable mammoth-ivory statuette from a German cave, Hohle Fels.
- If the statuette is meant to depict Homotherium, it provides us with some new information on the life appearance of this cat, as it appears to be decorated with small spots, and to have a pale underside.
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