gridwork

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noun

Work in the form of a grid.

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Meanings

noungridwork (countable and uncountable, plural gridworks)

plural gridworks

  1. countableuncountableWork in the form of a grid.

    To the south, as Halliday followed the winding course of the river, the darkness gave way to the deep indigo tracts of the irrigation project, the lines of canals forming an exquisite bonelike gridwork.

    2009 September 13, Jonathan Lethem, “Poet of Desolate Landscapes”, in New York Times

Origin

From grid + work.

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APA

gridwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gridwork

MLA

“gridwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gridwork. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gridwork,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gridwork.

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