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Grammar : Noun
Spell : leys-wurk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪsˌwɜrk



Definition of lacework

  • As in net : noun mesh, web
  • As in web : noun netting
  • As in filigree : noun ornamental art
Example sentences :
  • The Apaches were turning the side of the globe into lacework.
  • Extract from : « The Defiant Agents » by Andre Alice Norton
  • Overhead the tattered roof of leaves made a lacework of the sun.
  • Extract from : « Trusia » by Davis Brinton
  • I could see through the lacework of the blind; the drawing-room was empty.
  • Extract from : « Hugo » by Arnold Bennett
  • It is a light, ethereal sort of structure, and looks like lacework.
  • Extract from : « Across India » by Oliver Optic
  • Cigar-shaped barges stream under the lacework of the many bridges and make me think of tranquil days and willow-fringed horizons.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • These powerful buttresses are wonderfully effective in their contrast to the lacework of the sculpture.
  • Extract from : « Rodin: The Man and his Art » by Judith Cladel
  • The next day they traveled fourteen and the next twelve, and there was no lacework of frost at all.
  • Extract from : « Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police » by James Oliver Curwood
  • The lacework stone spire of the crossing was one of the first in the region.
  • Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
  • They are extraordinarily level, one long curtain of lacework and woven foam.
  • Extract from : « Letters from America » by Rupert Brooke
  • He had a deeply lined face with a lacework of tiny wrinkles around the slanted eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Colors of Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Synonyms for lacework

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