OPENWORK

openwork

(noun) ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

openwork (countable and uncountable, plural openworks)

Any of several forms of metalwork or needlework having decorative openings.

(mining) A quarry; an open cut.

Source: Wiktionary


O"pen*work`, n.

1. Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced.

2. (Mining)

Definition: A quarry; an open cut. Raymond.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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