MEANING
A framework of bars or strips used especially to support climbing plants.
Use it for
garden structures; concealed walls; cultivated boundariesSeparate a growing screen from the framework that holds it.
Words that belong together
- rose trellis
- wooden trellis
- climb over the trellis
On the page
The roses had outgrown the trellis beside the kitchen door.
He repaired the trellis before tying back the vine.
An empty trellis leaned against the wall all winter.
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Word forms
- Base
- trellis
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Often lattice-shaped; it is the support structure, not the vines covering it. Count noun: trellises. Secondary verb: trellis, trellises, trellised, trellised, trellising.
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