high relief

noun

: sculptural relief in which at least half of the circumference of the modeled form projects compare bas-relief

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Set designer Bunny Christie traps the Manhattanite in a tiny box with sharp lines and neon lights, casting her growing sense of claustrophobia into high relief. Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024 One stele, the work of an unrecorded sculptor, shows a group of four carved in high relief, presumably a family. Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023 San Bernardino City Unified, among California’s lowest-income districts, also received a high relief funding payout: $230 million for 46,000 students. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024 To show their differences in high relief, but also to show unexpected similarities. Lauren Schuker Blum, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for high relief 

Word History

First Known Use

1703, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of high relief was in 1703

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“High relief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20relief. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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