Antonyms for tracery
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : trey-suh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtreɪ sə ri |
Definition of tracery
Origin :- mid-15c., "a place for drawing," formed in English from trace (v.) + -ery. Architectural sense, in reference to intersecting rib work in the upper part of a gothic window, is attested from 1660s. "Introduced by Wren, who described it as a masons' term," according to Weekley.
- As in lattice : noun mesh, trellis
- As in mesh : noun netting, entanglement
- As in net : noun mesh, web
- As in schema : noun design
- As in design : noun sketch, draft
- As in embroidery : noun fancy stitching
- As in filigree : noun ornamental art
- The roof is battlemented, and the tracery in the windows is graceful.
- Extract from : « Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts » by Rosalind Northcote
- The tracery is geometrical, and the shafts in the angles of the splays are banded.
- Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham » by J. E. Bygate
- It is of an octangular shape, and the outside is adorned by tracery work.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 » by Various
- In the tracery beneath, at the head of the mullion, was a statue.
- Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely » by W. D. Sweeting
- They were evidently not wholly made for the tracery, though parts of them may have been.
- Extract from : « Highways and Byways in Surrey » by Eric Parker
- He described the tracery as the most beautiful in the county.
- Extract from : « Highways and Byways in Surrey » by Eric Parker
- Some of these elegant little pots are overlaid with a tracery of silver.
- Extract from : « Social Life » by Maud C. Cooke
- Against the blue sky a tracery of delicate green was showing.
- Extract from : « The Story of Silk » by Sara Ware Bassett
- The lines of the tracery are lost, and one sees only spots of white.
- Extract from : « Windows, A Book About Stained & Painted Glass » by Lewis F. Day
- Early windows had, of course, no tracery properly so called.
- Extract from : « Windows, A Book About Stained & Painted Glass » by Lewis F. Day
Synonyms for tracery
- adornment
- appliqué
- arabesque
- architecture
- arrangement
- bargello
- blueprint
- brocade
- chart
- cloth
- cobweb
- comp
- composition
- conception
- constitution
- construction
- crewel
- crochet
- cross-stitch
- decoration
- delineation
- depiction
- diagram
- doodle
- drawing
- dummy
- fabric
- filigree
- form
- formation
- frame
- fretwork
- game plan
- grating
- grid
- grill
- idea
- interlace
- jungle
- knot
- labyrinth
- lace
- lacery
- lacework
- lattice
- latticework
- layout
- makeup
- map
- maze
- method
- model
- morass
- needlepoint
- needlework
- net
- netting
- network
- openwork
- ornamentation
- outline
- paste-up
- pattern
- perspective
- picture
- plan
- plexus
- project
- quilting
- reticulation
- reticulum
- sampler
- scheme
- screen
- skein
- snare
- snarl
- strategy
- structure
- study
- tangle
- tapestry
- tatting
- toils
- tracery
- tracing
- trap
- treatment
- web
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