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
The baroque composition was little known before 1968 when Jean-François Paillard made an arrangement and a recording with lacework pizzicato and a thick patina of strings that radically changed its fortunes.
From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2020
The undersides held a stickier yellow glow, and here and there a gleaming edge was picked out in nacreous brown, and the occasional filigree lacework that blossomed around a ruptured skin.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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