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 plants

  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 vine

  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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they trellis    ... he / she / it trellises   
Past simple: trellised   
Past participle: trellised   
-ing form: trellising   

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)