Definitions for bas-relief

bas-relief bas-re·lief

Spelling: [bah-ri-leef, bas-; bah-ri-leef, bas-]
IPA: /ˌbɑ rɪˈlif, ˌbæs-; ˈbɑ rɪˌlif, ˈbæs-/

Bas-Relief is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 577 anagrams from letters in bas-relief (-abeefilrs).

Definitions for bas-relief

noun

  1. relief sculpture in which the figures project slightly from the background.

Origin of bas-relief

1660-70; French, on the model of Italian bassorilievo. Cf. basso-relievo, base2, relief2<

Examples for bas-relief

This fragment contains a bas-relief representing the execution of a martyr.

They were holding hands in an attitude suggestive of a bas-relief.

Another example is to be found in a bas-relief from Khorsabad (Fig. 107).

The ornaments are not stucco-work, but are sculptured in bas-relief.

Your bas-relief has, on the scale, say the depth of the third of an inch.

He found a bas-relief engraving of a hand pointing to a corner of the door.

The flatness of surface is essential to the problem of bas-relief.

Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft, and here and there a bas-relief.

I regret that I have not time to make you a sketch of a bas-relief.

When she felt a bas-relief of dancing girls she asked, "Where are the singers?"

Word Value for bas-relief
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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