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wirework

wirework noun: work, especially openwork, formed of wires.

Noun

wirework (usually uncountable, plural wireworks)

  1. (usually) Work, especially openwork, formed of wires.
  2. (usually) The use of wires to suspend actors in otherwise impossible positions.

Verb

wirework (third-person singular simple present wireworks, present participle wireworking, simple past and past participle wireworked)

  1. (transitive) To create or work with wire, such as electric wire.
  2. (transitive) To construct something using wire, such as a mesh or trellis.

Forms of wirework

Noun
pluralwireworks
Verb
third-person singular presentwireworks
present participlewireworking
past participlewireworked
pastwireworked

Origin of wirework

From wire + work.

Words formed from wirework

Questions about wirework

What does wirework mean?
Wirework means work, especially openwork, formed of wires.
What part of speech is wirework?
Wirework can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of wirework?
The plural of wirework is wireworks.

Words near wirework in the dictionary

  1. wirewater
  2. wirewaters
  3. wireway
  4. wireways
  5. wireweed
  6. wirework
  7. wireworked
  8. wireworker
  9. wireworkers
  10. wireworking
  11. wireworks

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