carve (something) from (something)
carve (something) from (something)
To use a knife or other tool to carve a block or mass of some material, typically wood, into a desired shape. I'm always so impressed by artisans that can carve animal figures from blocks of wood.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
carve something from something
to shape by cutting something off or out of something with a knife. Can you carve an elephant from a bar of soap?
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- carve from
- carve into
- carve (something) into (something)
- whittle at
- whittle at (something)
- whittle away at (something)
- hew out of
- hew
- hew (something) out of (something)
- hew out