Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anonymous sculpture

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: anony-mous s-culp-ture
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any industrial structure whose architecture is thought to have unintended artistic qualities.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of German Anonyme Skulpturen; the term was used by Bernd and Hilla Becher, who photographed such structures.

Usage

Inflected Forms

anonymous sculptures (plural)

Questions

What does anonymous sculpture mean?: Any industrial structure whose architecture is thought to have unintended artistic qualities.
Where does anonymous sculpture come from?: Calque of German Anonyme Skulpturen; the term was used by Bernd and Hilla Becher, who photographed such structures.

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