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Artifact Common

Artifact has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a man-made object taken as a whole

"The museum curator carefully assembled the entire artifact, ensuring every broken shard was placed back in its original position to show the vase as it once appeared."

2

An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.

"The museum curator carefully placed the ancient clay pot, an artifact crafted by early farmers over three thousand years ago, on the display table."

Related Terms
Antonyms
natural object
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
whole
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
article facility Americana anachronism antiquity block button commodity cone covering creation decker decoration electroplate excavation extra fabric fixture float insert instrumentality layer lemon line marker mystification opening padding plaything ready-made restoration sheet sphere square squeaker strip structure surface thing track way weight building material paving
Rhyming Words
act tact fact lact pact bract tract react epact fract enact coact exact preact impact outact didact redact subact peract
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