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grillwork

grillwork noun: the mesh of metal wire or bars which makes up a decorative metal grating.

grillwork: the mesh of metal wire or bars which makes up a decorative metal grating
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Noun

grillwork (countable and uncountable, plural grillworks)

  1. The mesh of metal wire or bars which makes up a decorative metal grating
    • Activists soften the steel, and then I can bend it into pretty grillwork and make reforms.2009 January 21, Dwight Garner, “The Joys and Pains of Being an Animal”, in New York Times

Forms of grillwork

pluralgrillworks

Origin of grillwork

From grill + work.

Questions about grillwork

What does grillwork mean?
Grillwork means the mesh of metal wire or bars which makes up a decorative metal grating.
What part of speech is grillwork?
Grillwork is a noun.
What is the plural of grillwork?
The plural of grillwork is grillworks.

Words near grillwork in the dictionary

  1. grills
  2. grills up
  3. grillsteak
  4. grillsteaks
  5. grillware
  6. grillwork
  7. grillworks
  8. grillz
  9. grils
  10. grilse
  11. grilses

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