filigree
delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques.
anything very delicate or fanciful: a filigree of frost.
composed of or resembling filigree.
to adorn with or form into filigree.
Origin of filigree
1- Rarely fil·a·gree, fil·la·gree [fil-uh-gree] /ˈfɪl əˌgri/ .
Words Nearby filigree
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How to use filigree in a sentence
For instance, in Mompox, someone mentioned this 89-year-old silver filigree jeweler.
Jordan Salama on His Travelogue ‘Every Day the River Changes’ | lwhelan | January 31, 2022 | Outside OnlineFirst a thin film of black carbon is produced round the metal, then the latter appears in the form of a filigree of silver.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius StieglitzFig. 188 represents another specimen of Etruscan gold filigree work with a circle and Swastika.
The Swastika | Thomas WilsonIt is ornamented on the outside with the fine gold filigree work peculiar to the best Etruscan art.
The Swastika | Thomas WilsonByzantine filigree work occasionally has small stones set amongst the curves or knots.
But, with the exception of chains, it cannot be said that filigree work was much practised by them.
British Dictionary definitions for filigree
filagree or fillagree
/ (ˈfɪlɪˌɡriː) /
delicate ornamental work of twisted gold, silver, or other wire
any fanciful delicate ornamentation
made of or as if with filigree
(tr) to decorate with or as if with filigree
Origin of filigree
1Derived forms of filigree
- filigreed, adjective
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