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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun trellis has 1 sense
- trellis(n = noun.artifact) treillage - latticework used to support climbing plants; Array has particulars: espalier
is a kind of fretwork, lattice, latticework
Derived form verb trellis1
Verb trellis has 1 sense
- trellis(v = verb.social) Array - train on a trellis, as of a vine; Array is one way to train
Derived form noun trellis1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
trellis, n. [OE. relis, F. treillis, fr. treille vine arbor, fr. L. tricla, triclea, triclia, a bower, arbor, summer house.].
A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework, used for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting plants. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
trellis, n. & v.
--n. (in full trellis-work) a lattice or grating of light wooden or metal bars used esp. as a support for fruit-trees or creepers and often fastened against a wall.
--v.tr. (trellised, trellising)
1 provide with a trellis.
2 support (a vine etc.) with a trellis.
--n. (in full trellis-work) a lattice or grating of light wooden or metal bars used esp. as a support for fruit-trees or creepers and often fastened against a wall.
--v.tr. (trellised, trellising)
1 provide with a trellis.
2 support (a vine etc.) with a trellis.
Etymology
ME f. OF trelis, trelice ult. f. L trilix three-ply (as TRI-, licium warp-thread)
THESAURUS
trellis
arabesque, basketry, basketwork, cancellation, cross-hatching, crossing-out, filigree, fret, fretwork, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, netting, network, plexure, plexus, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sieve, texture, tissue, tracery, trelliswork, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerworkROGET THESAURUS
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Crossing
N crossing, intersection, interdigitation, decussation, transversion, convolution, level crossing, reticulation, network, inosculation, anastomosis, intertexture, mortise, net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace, wicker, mat, matting, plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle, tissue, netting, mokes, rivulation, cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot, entangle, cloth, linen, muslin, cambric, crossing, crossed, matted, v, transverse, cross, cruciform, crucial, retiform, reticular, reticulated, areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked, textile, crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant, web-footed, cross, thwart, athwart, transversely, at grade, crosswise.
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