Definition & Meaning | English word FIGURINES

Definitions of FIGURINES

1. plural of figurine.

Examples of Using FIGURINES in a Sentence

• The earliest evidence for dressing the hair may be seen in carved "Venus figurines" such as the Venus of Brassempouy and the Venus of Willendorf.
• Lego consists of variously coloured interlocking plastic bricks made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) that accompany an array of gears, figurines called minifigures, and various other parts.
• They also published Valkyrie Quarterly magazine and distribute miniature figurines for wargaming and role-playing.
• Examples of items commonly sold as collectables include plates, figurines, bells, graphics, steins, dolls, and art.
• In 1900, Arthur Evans undertook more extensive excavations which unearthed most of the palace as well as many now-famous artifacts including the Bull-Leaping Fresco, the snake goddess figurines, and numerous Linear B tablets.
• According to Donald Mackenzie in 1907, Bes may have been a Middle Kingdom import from Nubia or Somalia, and his cult did not become widespread until the beginning of the New Kingdom, but more recently several Bes-like figurines have been found in deposits from the Naqada period of pre-dynastic Egypt, like the thirteen figurines found at Tell el-Farkha.
• The gifts exchanged were usually gag gifts or small figurines made of wax or pottery known as sigillaria.
• End applications include tableware, decorative ware such as figurines, and products in technology and industry such as electrical insulators and laboratory ware.
• From the ancient world there are extant depictions of articles of clothing designed to cover just the male genitalia; for example, archaeological recovery at Minoan Knossos on Crete has yielded figurines, some of whom wear only a garment covering the male genitalia.
• In archaeology and art history, "terracotta" is often used to describe objects such as figurines and loom weights not made on a potter's wheel, with vessels and other objects made on a wheel from the same material referred to as earthenware; the choice of term depends on the type of object rather than the material or shaping technique.
• Typically, these are represented on the game board by two-inch-tall miniature figurines that the players can paint to their own specifications, although older publications such as the 1st edition included small scale plastic models originally created for the Macross TV series, and the 2nd and 4th edition boxed sets included small cardboard pictures (front and back images) that were set in rubber bases to represent the units.
• They crafted lavishly decorated pottery storage vessels, clay figurines called dogū, and crystal jewels.
• Booster pack, a packaged set of collectable game cards or figurines that supplements the starter packs.
• In collectible card games, digital collectible card games and collectible miniature wargames, a booster pack is a sealed package of cards or figurines, designed to add to a player's collection.
• Figurines and images of skeletons doing routine things are common in Mexico's Day of the Dead celebration, where skulls symbolize life and their familiar circumstances invite levity.
• The most important artefacts, kept in the People's Museum in Smederevska Palanka, are the anthropomorphic figurines of high artistic and artisan value.
• Marionette puppetry was used to display rituals and ceremonies using these string-operated figurines back in ancient times and is still used today.
• It has been featured in several forms of merchandise, including figurines, plush toys, and the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
• Earthenware funerary objects (haniwa) discovered around this mound include figurines of warriors almost certainly placed with a protective purpose (The form of such a warrior was used as the design basis for the city's official mascot character, Hanitan).
• From the Upper Paleolithic through to the Mesolithic, cave paintings and portable art such as figurines and beads predominated, with decorative figured workings also seen on some utilitarian objects.

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