lacework
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lacework
Example Sentences
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I still have a photo from a family trip in the 1930s to the worksite for Grand Coulee Dam in Eastern Washington — a beautiful lacework of steel in the sky.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
These translucent half-moons feature colored powdered glass that after heating look delicately patterned, like melted lacework.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023
Every single part of the dress is made out of duct tape, including its striped ribboning, embroidered flowers, flowy sleeves and intricate lacework.
From Fox News • Jul. 23, 2021
I’d contracted encephalitis and the virus was eating away at my brain, a maggot through an apple, making lacework of the neural pathways.
From The Guardian • Dec. 6, 2018
It looked like a snowflake, down to the delicate lacework of ice.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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