gridwork
gridwork noun: work in the form of a grid.
Noun
gridwork (countable and uncountable, plural gridworks)
- Work in the form of a grid.
- To the south, as Halliday followed the winding course of the river, the darkness gave way to the deep indigo tracts of the irrigation project, the lines of canals forming an exquisite bonelike gridwork.2009 September 13, Jonathan Lethem, “Poet of Desolate Landscapes”, in New York Times
Forms of gridwork
| plural | gridworks |
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Origin of gridwork
From grid + work.
Questions about gridwork
- What does gridwork mean?
- Gridwork means work in the form of a grid.
- What part of speech is gridwork?
- Gridwork is a noun.
- What is the plural of gridwork?
- The plural of gridwork is gridworks.
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