grillwork
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈɡrɪlˌwɜrk/
- Specialized
:
reja
- Residence after residence has wrought iron grillwork on every first-floor door and window.
- iron grillwork
- ornate iron grillwork
- wrought-iron grillwork
Examples
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Behind me was a high gray stone wall topped with a foot of iron grillwork.
Fiction book (1992) -
I followed, turning in beneath the ornate iron grillwork.
Fiction book (1994) -
We see the grillwork of the heat ventilator in the floor.
Fiction book (1991) -
"It's an iron grillwork railing."
Fiction book (1999) -
The cabinet was ornate, its grillwork designed to both protect and display the chalice.
Fiction book (1999) -
The wrought-iron grillwork remained, but the leaded patterns and the colored glass were gone.
Fiction book (1992) -
The building still has the initials MB in the iron grillwork above the massive wooden doorway.
Blog text (8) -
The rest of the battered brick exterior had been stuccoed in cream; wrought-iron grillwork and a sign were to go up next.
Fiction book (1996) -
Dim light from a lantern set into the wall played itself out between the forged iron grillwork and the wooden panels of a shuttered window.
Fiction book (1993) -
The cabinet was ornate, its grillwork designed to both protect and display the chalice.
Synonyms
155
1.4
A frame of metal bars used as a screen or barrier
4
4.7
A metal frame with bars that holds wood in a fireplace
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5.4
A metal screen built into a door or window that lets people speak through and pass small items
A screen of metal or wood bars that covers windows and vents
A net of thin wires used for fences or decoration
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Etymology
The word grillwork comes from grill, meaning 'a metal grid used for cooking or as a grate', and work, meaning 'something made'; picture a cooking grill used as a protective or decorative screen. So grillwork is metal bars or a grate arranged as a screen or decoration.