Gridwork

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Work in the form of a grid. countable, uncountable

    "To the south, as Halliday followed the winding course of the river, the darkness gave way to the deep indigo tracts of the irrigation project, the lines of canals forming an exquisite bonelike gridwork."

Example

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"To the south, as Halliday followed the winding course of the river, the darkness gave way to the deep indigo tracts of the irrigation project, the lines of canals forming an exquisite bonelike gridwork."

Etymology

From grid + work.

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