From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhigh reliefˌhigh reˈlief noun [uncountable] 1 AVSa form of art in which figures cut in stone or wood stand out from the surface → bas-relief2 → throw something into high relief
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high relief• There are 16 panels depicting high relief figures on a low relief and incised background.• Their seven children, carved in high relief in diminishing size according to age, clustered round their feet like rabbits.• There is also a carved and painted wood pulpit with high relief figure-decoration. 