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artefact
/ ˈɑːɪˌæ /
noun
- something made or given shape by man, such as a tool or a work of art, esp an object of archaeological interest
- anything man-made, such as a spurious experimental result
- cytology a structure seen in tissue after death, fixation, staining, etc, that is not normally present in the living tissue
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of artefact1
Example Sentences
The coin went for considerably less than the only other similar artefact to go under the hammer, which was sold last year in Switzerland for around £50,000.
Hundreds of recovered artefacts are spread out in a climate controlled room on long tables.
During the trial, jurors heard that a month before the shooting the Ahearne brothers and Kelly burgled Chinese Ming Dynasty artefacts from the Museum of Far Eastern Art in Geneva.
The earliest known iron artefacts - nine tubular beads - were made from meteoritic iron, which comes from fallen meteorites.
The treasures were sold, some to private collectors and others to museums like the Wereldmuseum in The Netherlands, which has displayed these artefacts for decades.
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