Usually means: Decorative design featuring open spaces.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word openwork:

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  1. openwork: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. openwork: Merriam-Webster
  3. openwork: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. openwork: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. openwork: Collins English Dictionary
  6. openwork: Vocabulary.com
  7. openwork: Wordnik
  8. openwork: Wiktionary
  9. openwork: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. openwork: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. openwork: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Openwork, openwork: Dictionary.com
  13. Openwork: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Openwork: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. openwork: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. openwork: Rhymezone
  17. Openwork: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. openwork: FreeDictionary.org
  19. openwork: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. openwork: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. openwork: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (openwork)

▸ noun:  Any of several forms of metalwork or needlework having decorative openings.
▸ noun:  (mining) A quarry; an open cut.

Similar:
wirework, openwork stocking, silverwork, metalwork, mode, needlework, mirrorwork, threadwork, leadwork, crewelwork, more...

Opposite:
solid, closed, dense, compact

Types:
filet, reticella, bobbin, needlelace, tatting, macrame, crochet, knitting, netting, more...

Adjectives:
ornamental, delicate, elaborate, gilt, fine, carved, bronze, intricate, pierced, exquisite, gothic

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Similar:
wirework, openwork stocking, silverwork, metalwork, mode, needlework, mirrorwork, threadwork, leadwork, crewelwork, more...

Opposite:
solid, closed, dense, compact

Types:
filet, reticella, bobbin, needlelace, tatting, macrame, crochet, knitting, netting, more...

Adjectives:
ornamental, delicate, elaborate, gilt, fine, carved, bronze, intricate, pierced, exquisite, gothic



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