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FILAGREE

• FILAGREE (noun)
The noun FILAGREE has 1 sense:

1. delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)

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

• FILAGREE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

filagree; filigree; fillagree

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

embellishment (a superfluous ornament)

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