openwork
IPA: ˈoʊpʌnwɝk
noun
- Any of several forms of metalwork or needlework having decorative openings.
- (mining) A quarry; an open cut.
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Examples of "openwork" in Sentences
- Plates could be solid or openwork.
- Along the top runs an openwork parapet.
- It has two openwork towers and steel vaulting.
- The hammerbeam roof includes both blank and openwork tracery.
- He added on top of the building an openwork, traceried parapet.
- The spire is recessed behind an openwork parapet with gargoyles.
- On some of the tanks lightweight openwork road wheels were used.
- Openwork allows the surface of the underlying object to show through.
- The chapel has a slender contour, finished with openwork masonry towers.
- Clive now works as a fully qualified successful Financial Adviser with Openwork.
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