grillwork

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noun

The mesh of metal wire or bars which makes up a decorative metal grating

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wireworkgrillgrille
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Meanings

noungrillwork (countable and uncountable, plural grillworks)

plural grillworks

  1. countableuncountableThe mesh of metal wire or bars which makes up a decorative metal grating

    Activists soften the steel, and then I can bend it into pretty grillwork and make reforms.

    2009 January 21, Dwight Garner, “The Joys and Pains of Being an Animal”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmesh netting made of wires

Similar
wirework
Broader
netnetworkmesh

nouna framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate

Similar
grillgrille
Broader
frameworkframe
Also see
grillgrillewirework

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From grill + work.

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Cite this entry
APA

grillwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grillwork

MLA

“grillwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grillwork. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grillwork,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grillwork.

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