Trellis

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  • noun. A structure of open latticework, especially one used as a support for vines and other climbing plants.
  • noun. An arbor or arch made of latticework.
  • transitive verb. To provide (an area) with a trellis.
  • transitive verb. To cause or allow (a vine, for example) to grow on a trellis.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To furnish with trellises or trellis-work; especially, to support or train on trellises: as, to trellis a vine.
  • To form into trellis-work; interlace; interweave.
  • noun. A structure of light cross-bars, as of wood, nailed together where they cross one another, or of thin ribbons of metal, or of wire imitating this.
  • noun. A shed, canopy, summer-house, or the like composed, or partly composed, of trellis-work. Such buildings are utilized especially for the support of growing vines.
  • noun. In heraldry, same as treille or lattice, 3.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework, used for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting plants.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area.
  • noun. An outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants.
  • noun. A kind of graph used in communication theory and encryption.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. latticework used to support climbing plants
  • verb. train on a trellis, as of a vine
  • Word Usage
    "The trellis is just on the edge of our lot, and the flowers would be planted in our neighbour's grass, and she's a bit particular about her grass."
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    arbor  arbour  bower  grapery  grille  
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