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reticello

reticello noun: a decorative glassblowing technique involving the merging of two cane bubbles (one inside the other) where the straight canes were twisted in opposite directions, resulting in a net-like pattern. Also the alternative form of reticella.

Noun

reticello (countable and uncountable, plural reticelli)

  1. A decorative glassblowing technique involving the merging of two cane bubbles (one inside the other) where the straight canes were twisted in opposite directions, resulting in a net-like pattern.

Also used as

reticello is also the alternative form of reticella.

Forms of reticello

pluralreticelli

Origin of reticello

Borrowed from Italian reticello, a masculine diminutive of rete (“net”).

Questions about reticello

What does reticello mean?
Reticello means a decorative glassblowing technique involving the merging of two cane bubbles (one inside the other) where the straight canes were twisted in opposite directions, resulting in a net-like pattern.
What part of speech is reticello?
Reticello is a noun.
What is the plural of reticello?
The plural of reticello is reticelli.

Words near reticello in the dictionary

  1. retiary
  2. retic
  3. reticella
  4. reticellas
  5. reticelli
  6. reticello
  7. reticence
  8. reticenced
  9. reticences
  10. reticencies
  11. reticency

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