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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
filagree is a noun meaning "delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)". It carries one recorded sense.
delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for filagree come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.