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All openwork synonyms

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noun openwork

  • mesh — any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
  • ornament — an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part: architectural ornaments.
  • banding — the practice of grouping schoolchildren according to ability to ensure a balanced intake at different levels of ability to secondary school
  • border — The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
  • crochet — Crochet is a way of making cloth out of cotton or wool by using a needle with a small hook at the end.
  • edging — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
  • filigree — delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques.
  • net — net income, profit, or the like.
  • netting — net income, profit, or the like.
  • tatting — the act or process of making a kind of knotted lace of cotton or linen thread with a shuttle.
  • tissue — Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
  • trim — to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
  • trimming — the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
  • applique — Applique is the craft of sewing fabric shapes onto larger pieces of cloth. You can also use applique to refer to things you make using this craft.
  • trellis — a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
  • frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
  • fretwork — ornamental work consisting of interlacing parts, especially work in which the design is formed by perforation.
  • grating — a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
  • grid — a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.
  • grill — a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
  • latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
  • network — any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.
  • reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
  • screen — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
  • structure — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
  • tracery — ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
  • web — something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.
  • cloth — Cloth is fabric which is made by weaving or knitting a substance such as cotton, wool, silk, or nylon. Cloth is used especially for making clothes.
  • fabric — a cloth made by weaving, knitting, or felting fibers: woolen fabrics.
  • lace — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
  • lacework — lace (def 1).
  • lattice — a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
  • reticulum — any fine network, esp one in the body composed of cells, fibres, etc
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