MEANING
Ornament made from fine twisted or shaped metal threads.
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- silver filigree
- gold filigree
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Silver filigree covered the lid without concealing its dents.
The gold filigree trembled as she turned the pendant over.
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- filigree
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Usually mass noun; plural filigrees for designs or pieces. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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