trellis
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- noun
- /ˈtrɛlɪs/
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enrejado
- The garden was beautiful with a trellis adorned with climbing roses.
If there's an easy way to get pole beans off their trellis, let me know.
- If there's an easy way to get pole beans off their trellis, let me know.
- Day breaks into Nets, entangles air between Birch and fence, the trellis and the Rose.
- And I tilt my head and there are these like claws clung onto the trellis.
Examples
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There's a trellis by the garage.
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A few feet away, a vine-laden trellis rose to the broad balcony.
Fiction book (1992) -
So we have our trellis running east to West.
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So this trellis is really, really important.
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I got these trellis supports a lot later than I should have.
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Night of the party, she saw someone climbing the trellis to the third floor.
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Jack could hear the splash of water as he took the path under the trellis.
Fiction book (2001) -
Climb up the trellis.
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Drops of water fell from the trellis onto a philodendron leaf, which moved slightly, as if shuddering.
Fiction book (2001) -
Some nights, Alice climbed the bougainvillea trellis outside Rita's window.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
A wooden or metal frame of crossed strips that supports climbing plants like roses
A frame of crossed wood or metal strips that supports climbing plants
A way to support climbing plants by training them to grow on a frame
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Etymology
Trellis comes from an old French word trelis that meant 'lattice' or 'crossed bars' used for vines. So a trellis is a light wooden or metal frame that supports climbing plants.