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Filigree

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Noun

1. filagree, filigree, fillagree

delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)

Verb

2. filigree

make filigree, as with a precious metal

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Filigree

see synonyms of filigree
noun
1. 
delicate ornamental work of twisted gold, silver, or other wire
2. 
any fanciful delicate ornamentation
adjective
3. 
made of or as if with filigree
verb -grees, -greeing or -greed
4. (transitive)
to decorate with or as if with filigree

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Filigree

see synonyms of filigree
noun
1. 
delicate, lacelike ornamental work of intertwined wire of gold, silver, etc.
2. 
any delicate work or design like this
adjective
3. 
like, made of, or made into filigree
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈfiliˌgreed or ˈfiliˌgreeing
4. 
to ornament with filigree

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Filigree

see synonyms of filigree
n.
1. Delicate and intricate ornamental work made from gold, silver, or other fine twisted wire.
2.
a. An intricate, delicate, or fanciful ornamentation.
b. A design resembling such ornamentation: filigrees of frosting on a cake.
tr.v. fil·i·greed, fil·i·gree·ing, fil·i·grees
To decorate with or as if with filigree.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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