wirework

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noun

Work, especially openwork, formed of wires.

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Meanings

nounwirework (usually uncountable, plural wireworks)

plural wireworks

  1. uncountableusuallyWork, especially openwork, formed of wires.
  2. uncountableusuallybroadcastingThe use of wires to suspend actors in otherwise impossible positions.
verbwirework (third-person singular simple present wireworks, present participle wireworking, simple past and past participle wireworked)

present singular third person wireworks · participle present wireworking · participle past wireworked · past wireworked

  1. transitiveTo create or work with wire, such as electric wire.
  2. transitiveTo construct something using wire, such as a mesh or trellis.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmesh netting made of wires

Similar
grillwork
Broader
netnetworkmesh
Also see
grillwork

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From wire + work.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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