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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pahr-ki-tree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr kɪ tri



Definition of parquetry

  • As in decoration : noun particular type of embellishment
Example sentences :
  • But Antonia says that we ought to have parquetry and slippery rugs.
  • Extract from : « Red Rose and Tiger Lily » by L. T. Meade
  • St. Dorothy's is perfectly charming, only you've to get your parquetry legs, or you'll have many a great fall.
  • Extract from : « Girls New and Old » by L. T. Meade
  • They upset a bucket of water in their agitation, and it flowed across the parquetry, to mingle with the powdered rosin.
  • Extract from : « Good References » by E. J. Rath
  • When all the water is boiled out of them, they are glued together, and then they never warp (parquetry).
  • Extract from : « Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales » by Leo Tolstoy
  • The mosaic floor, parquetry, Gothic windows, and patterns of various kinds often involve the regular figures.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • She tripped up some wide stone stairs, destitute of carpets, and then down a corridor, slippery with parquetry work.
  • Extract from : « The Girls of St. Wode's » by L. T. Meade
  • We can easily see how these same patterns may be further utilized as designs for inlaid tiles, or parquetry floors.
  • Extract from : « Froebel's Gifts » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • Old Flint stood there a moment, listening to her retreating footfalls on the parquetry of the vast hall.
  • Extract from : « The Air Trust » by George Allan England
  • Makers of trunks find it suitable for slats, and it serves as small squares and borders in parquetry.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
  • Figs. 50 to 54 are rosettes made from parquetry papers with the addition of a small circle or square at the center cut by hand.
  • Extract from : « Elementary Color » by Milton Bradley

Synonyms for parquetry

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