grillework
- noun
- /ˈɡrɪlˌwɜrk/
:
rejilla
- The metal grillework was designed to allow ventilation while adding a decorative touch to the building facade.
Examples
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The Deleon Community General Hospital is a modern set of low white buildings added onto a bisque-colored core, dating from the thirties, with a Spanish-tile roof and curved grillework at the windows.
Fiction book (1990) -
Daddy walked around the fancy front grillework of the Cadillac.
Fiction book (1997) -
And then, whispering against the grillework, he would absolve me of my many horrible deeds or cast me among the devils buried deep within the furnace fires.
Fiction book (1998) -
Those nights I waited for silence from my father's radio, listened by the grillework for a click that would break the final hymn. I would slip out of the dark, quiet house and fling pebbles against the screen in Billy's window.
Fiction book (1998) -
The ornate grillework on the old church provided both security and beauty to the entrance.
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As the sun set, the light filtered through the intricate grillework, casting beautiful shadows in the courtyard.
Synonyms
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1.4
A frame of metal bars used as a screen or barrier
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5.6
A frame of crossed wood or metal pieces that makes a pattern and supports plants
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5.4
A metal screen built into a door or window that lets people speak through and pass small items
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7.8
A decorative metal cover made of bars that protects windows or car fronts
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Etymology
Grillework comes from the French word grille, meaning 'grid' or 'bars', and it is the same root as English grill, a metal frame used for cooking. So grillework is a piece of work made of bars or a grid, used for security, air flow, or decoration.