fillagree

What does fillagree mean?

fillagree means "delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)".

How many syllables are in fillagree?

fillagree has 3 syllables and divides as fil-la-gree under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for fillagree?

Close synonyms include filigree, filagree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fillagree a common word?

fillagree is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fillagree come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.