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PRONUNCIATION OF TRACERY

tracery  [ˈtreɪsərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRACERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tracery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRACERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tracery

Tracery

In architecture, tracery is the stonework elements that support the glass in a Gothic window. The term probably derives from the 'tracing floors' on which the complex patterns of late Gothic windows were laid out. There are two main types, plate tracery and the later bar tracery.

Definition of tracery in the English dictionary

The definition of tracery in the dictionary is a pattern of interlacing ribs, esp as used in the upper part of a Gothic window, etc. Other definition of tracery is any fine pattern resembling this.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRACERY


anniversary
ˌænɪˈvɜːsərɪ
commissary
ˈkɒmɪsərɪ
decisory
dɪˈsaɪsərɪ
derisory
dɪˈraɪsərɪ
dimissory
dɪˈmɪsərɪ
dismissory
dɪsˈmɪsərɪ
embracery
ɪmˈbreɪsərɪ
emissary
ˈɛmɪsərɪ
fideicommissary
ˌfɪdɪaɪˈkɒmɪsərɪ
grocery
ˈɡrəʊsərɪ
irrisory
ɪˈraɪsərɪ
janissary
ˈdʒænɪsərɪ
necessary
ˈnɛsɪsərɪ
persuasory
pəˈsweɪsərɪ
promissory
ˈprɒmɪsərɪ
remissory
rɪˈmɪsərɪ
rescissory
rɪˈsɪsərɪ
rotisserie
rəʊˈtɪsərɪ
spicery
ˈspaɪsərɪ
unnecessary
ʌnˈnɛsɪsərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRACERY

trace
trace element
trace fossil
traceability
traceable
traceableness
traceably
traceless
tracelessly
tracer
tracer bullet
traceried
traceries
traceur
trachea
tracheae
tracheal
trachearian
tracheary
tracheate

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRACERY

battery
celery
chancery
court of chancery
delivery
discovery
duncery
every
fan tracery
gallery
greengrocery
imagery
in chancery
mercery
mystery
photo gallery
query
recovery
sorcery
sword and sorcery

Synonyms and antonyms of tracery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tracery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRACERY

Find out the translation of tracery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tracery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tracery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

窗饰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tracería
570 millions of speakers

English

tracery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सजावट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزخرفه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ажурный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rendilhado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্রোতে ন্যায় নক্শাদ্বারা চিত্রণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

remplage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tracery
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Flechtwerk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

網目模様
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

서리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tracery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gân của lá cây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tracery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ट्रॅझरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yaprak şeklinde oyma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trafori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

maswerkami
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ажурний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plăcilor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tracery
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Tracery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flettverk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tracery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRACERY»

The term «tracery» is regularly used and occupies the 100.496 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRACERY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tracery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRACERY»

Discover the use of tracery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tracery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Medieval Church Window Tracery in England
While the terms used to describe the tracery of medieval church windows are familiar (Early English, Decorated, Perpendicular), there has been no really detailed attempt to examine it as a distinct, stylistic architectural form, a gap which ...
Stephen Hart, 2010
2
Discovering Churches and Churchyards
Curvilinear or flowing tracery, cusped and feathered . Mouchette tracery, Perpendicular style tracery devolving on vertical lines, with a central row of small lights of uniform size and shape on the same level, enclosed in characteristic curved ...
Mark Child, 2007
3
99 Cent Adventure Time Stories Dick Tracery
DICK. TRACERY. By. JOE. ARCHIBALD. On the trail of terrible Tip Toomy, Willie Klump collars a mystery—and takes the starch out of Satchelfoot! ERRIBLE TIP TOOMY was apprehended by the cops because a seventy-two-year-old grandma  ...
Joe Archibald, 2014
4
Adventure, Horror, Mystery Classics Best Seller's for 99 ...
1943 sum-4hr ,uua w n- A“; uni-.01 am Nu m m" n n In“, DICK TRACERY Popular Detective, August, 1943 DICK TRACERY. By JOE ARCHIBALD On the (rail of terrible Tip Toomy, Willie Klump collars a mysrery—and takes the starch out of ...
Joe Archibald, 2014
5
History of Architecture Super Review
In early Gothic these openings received complicated geometric forms, and plate tracery, a tracery consisting of openings in geometric design pierced in a thin plate of stone, was the result. Bar tracery. While the architecture was still developing, ...
Fiske Kimball George Harold Edgell
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Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction
110 GOTHIC TRACERY TRACERY 1 plate tracery 2 round window, roundel, oculus 3 quatrefoil 4 sexfoil, multifoil BAR TRACERY 5 Y tracery 6 trifoliated arch 7 loop tracery PARTS OF TRACERY A mullion B transom C dagger D mouchette E ...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi, 2008
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Architect's Illustrated Pocket Dictionary
tracery tracery Gothic ornamental stone and woodwork decoration carved into an intricate vertical and interwoven framework of ribs for the upper parts of openings such as windows or perforated screens, or for the surface of vaults and walls; ...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi, 2011
8
Tracery
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In architecture, Tracery is the stonework elements that support the glass in a Gothic window.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
9
A History of Western Architecture
Reims also contains the earliest instances of bar tracery. In plate tracery, as at Chartres, openings are cut out of the solid stone so that the wall surface is still dominant. In the bar tracery of Reims the two-light windows form a single glazed  ...
David Watkin, 2005
10
Robert Willis (1800-1875) and the Foundation of ...
Stereometry Stilted arch Strip-work Stump tracery Sub-arch Subarcuation Tabernacle, Tabernacle-work Tierceron Trabeation, Trabeated system Tracery Transept The science of stone cutting, using three-dimensional geometry to calculate the ...
Alexandrina Buchanan, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRACERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tracery is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: Mark Bradford at the Hammer Museum
Lines of tape have been laid down, covered over with collage and ripped up, often creating intricate networks of tracery. Bradford also draws on the surface with ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
Margaret Atwood is a Huge Nerd, Wrote a Love Letter to Game of …
They're aesthetically attractive – more so in the books than in the series, where they have less delicate pink tracery and more scaly pterodactyl beakiness – but, ... «The Mary Sue, Mar 15»
3
Daniel Blacksberg Trio – Perilous Architecture (2014)
Engle occasionally pulls out the bow, and when he does so for the beginning of “Blind Tracery.” Blacksberg responds by drawing out his notes to resemble the ... «Something Else! Reviews, Oct 14»
4
Suzy Menkes At Paris Fashion Week: Day Eight
He put his energy into changing surfaces, such as a basket-weave jacket or a rippled cotton dress, adding just a touch of pattern either as a tracery of ajourée ... «Vogue.com, Oct 14»
5
A beginner's guide to garden photography
Magdalena Wasiczek's Upside Down. “The second is by Marianne Majerus (Tracery in the Mist, main photo). This photograph is also like music, but this time it's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
6
George Giannoulias sells Near North mansion
The home that now stands on the site, completed in 2010, has an elaborate wood staircase, antique-style plaster tracery on the master bedroom ceiling, ... «Crain's Chicago Business, Aug 14»
7
Lisson Gallery Tackles Place and Space in Venice with “Genius Loci”
Situated on the Grand Canal alongside the Accademia Bridge, the archetypal Venetian Gothic palazzo features pointed arch windows framed in stone tracery, ... «In the Air, Art+Auction's Gossip Column, Jun 14»
8
Wallpaper enjoying a high-style renaissance
Patterns like damask, jacobean or tracery are all in style but with contemporary twists, by “mixing it with an antique background and either embossing or ... «The Desert Sun, Jun 14»
9
Wilsonart Introduces 2014 Contract Laminate Collection, Celebrates …
Abstracts – New Denim Tracery (4961-38), Gesso Tracery (4962-38), Faded Trellis (4963-38), Shadow Trellis (4964-38), Basket Weaving 101 (4965-38), Basket ... «Business Wire, Jun 14»
10
Looking into glass vanity sink top
Kohler's Tracery sink is an example of a “slumped glass” bathroom sink, in which the sink and vanity top areone seamless piece. By Ed Del Grande. Tribune ... «The Seattle Times, Mar 14»

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