Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)In the bas-relief style; low or mostly flat.

Origin

From French bas-relief, from Italian bassorilievo, compound of basso (“low”) + rilievo (“r

From French bas-relief, from Italian bassorilievo, compound of basso (“low”) + rilievo (“relief”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”).

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