Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trellis-work

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: trel-lis--work
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of trelliswork.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] the trellis-work of lace and ruffles […]"
"Through leaves and trellis-work the sun Left the wine cool within the glass,— They feasting where no sun could pass: […]"
"Love’s corpse lies quiet therefore, / Only Love’s ghost plays truant, / And warns us have in wholesome awe / Durable mansionry; that’s wherefore / I weave but trellis-work, pursuant / —Life, to law."
"1932, Arthur G. Chater (translator), The Burning Bush (Den brændende busk) (1930) by Sigrid Undset, New York: Knopf, Book One, Chapter Five, p. 96, Paul strolled about the garden and watched the stars coming out above the intricate trellis-work of the apple-trees’ branches."
"Small pieces of velvet and brocade were spread around, and between every two lamps and incense-burners were trellis-works of gold or silver."

Usage

Inflected Forms

trellis-works (plural)

Questions

What does trellis-work mean?: Alternative form of trelliswork.

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