noun
Meaning 1
Any activity or piece of work that has artistic merit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
art form
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noun
Meaning 2
A specific genre or medium of art.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Pottery is an art form.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
(architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: kind, sort, form, variety
Narrower terms: architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture, sonata form
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: kunstform — form of art
- German: Kunstform — form of art
- Icelandic: listgrein — form of art
- Norwegian Bokmål: kunstform — form of art
- Norwegian Bokmål: kunstart — form of art
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kunstform — form of art
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kunstart — form of art
- Swedish: konstform — form of art