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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Bas-relief

/bär'-ēl-ēf'/ · Bas·-re·lief · IPA /ˌbɑ.ɹɪˈlif/
01 n. Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bass-relief and basso-rilievo.…
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    Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bass-relief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo. Also: bass-relief, basso-rilievo See: Alto-rilievo