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TRELLIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trellis mean? 

TRELLIS (noun)
  The noun TRELLIS has 1 sense:

1. latticework used to support climbing plantsplay

  Familiarity information: TRELLIS used as a noun is very rare.


TRELLIS (verb)
  The verb TRELLIS has 1 sense:

1. train on a trellis, as of a vineplay

  Familiarity information: TRELLIS used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRELLIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Latticework used to support climbing plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

treillage; trellis

Hypernyms ("trellis" is a kind of...):

fretwork; lattice; latticework (framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trellis"):

espalier (a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat)

Derivation:

trellis (train on a trellis, as of a vine)


TRELLIS (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they trellis  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it trellises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: trellised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: trellised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: trellising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Train on a trellis, as of a vine

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "trellis" is one way to...):

train (cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

trellis (latticework used to support climbing plants)


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