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high relief

  1. relief in which sculptured figures, etc. project from the background by half or more than half their full natural depth
  2. sculpture in high relief

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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