What is another word for openwork?

Pronunciation: [ˈə͡ʊpənwˌɜːk] (IPA)

Openwork is a beautiful ornamental design that consists of patterns created by open spaces between various elements. If you are looking for synonyms for the word openwork, you can consider some options such as lattice, filigree, tracery, fretwork, trelliswork, lacework, meshwork, and netting. Lattice is a crisscross pattern of strips intersecting at right angles and can be used to create an openwork design. Filigree is a fine ornamental work made of twisted wire usually in a delicate lace-like pattern. Fretwork is intricate ornamental design made by cutting into the surface of wood or metal. Trelliswork resembles a lattice used to support climbing plants. Meshwork and netting both refer to a material consisting of a network of interwoven strands.

What are the hypernyms for Openwork?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Openwork?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the opposite words for openwork?

Openwork refers to a design or structure that features openings or spaces formed by intersecting or woven elements. Antonyms for this word could include "solid," "impenetrable," or "closed." Solid refers to something that is not porous or permeable, without any spaces or holes. Impenetrable is something that is impossible to enter or get through, completely blockading any gaps or openings. The word "closed" describes something that is not open, shut, or sealed, without visible cutouts or patterns. These descriptions are opposing to the concept of openwork, which emphasises visibility, liberty of movement, and creative designs.

What are the antonyms for Openwork?

Usage examples for Openwork

You see, Sally had manifestoed down into the garden from the landing of the stair, which was made of iron openwork you knocked flower-pots down and broke, and you have had to have a new one-that, at least, is how Ann put it.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
And Sally, after an intricate movement with a safety-pin, an openwork lace cuff that has lost a button, and a white wrist, goes down three accelerandos of stair-lengths, with landing pauses, and ends with a dining-room door staccato.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Its tall openwork spire of iron tracery reaches towards the sky as though it would pierce the blue vault, forming a conspicuous object for the eye of the traveller who approaches the city by water.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou

Famous quotes with Openwork

  • 'What do you mean by "a man like me"?' he [Philip Trent] demanded with a sort of fierceness. 'Do you take me for a man without any normal instincts? I don't say you impress people as a simple, transparent sort of character — what Mr Calvin Bunner calls a case of openwork; I don't say a stranger might not think you capable of wickedness, if there was good evidence for it: but I say that a man who, after seeing you and being in your atmosphere, could associate you with the kind of abomination I imagined is a fool — the kind of fool who is afraid to trust his senses.'
    Edmund Clerihew Bentley

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