openwork

1. 1.

   ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings

   Broaderwork

Other forms of openwork

plural

openworks·

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.

Questions about openwork

What does openwork mean?

openwork means "ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings".

How many syllables are in openwork?

openwork has 3 syllables: o-pen-work. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊpənˌwɝk/.

Is openwork a common word?

openwork is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with openwork?

15 words rhyme with openwork. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.