Illustration of tracery
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tracery
noun
trac·ery
ˈtrā-sə-rē 
ˈtrās-rē
plural traceries
1
: architectural ornamental work with branching lines
especially
: decorative openwork in a Gothic window
2
: a decorative interlacing of lines suggestive of Gothic tracery
Examples of tracery in a Sentence
This window is an example of Gothic tracery.
the delicate tracery of a butterfly's wing
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But viewed in time-lapse there is a larger pattern in the lights, their tracery.
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Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
The spots begin to move, and slip-sliding traceries of luminosity explode.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
While nearly all the rooms are impressive, the study is definitely a showstopper with its fancy plaster tracery ceiling.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2023
The contrast is beautifully maintained by the physical production, in which even the breeze-block wall framing the patio, by the design studio dots, is on point: a tracery of concrete and air.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
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Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
The spots begin to move, and slip-sliding traceries of luminosity explode.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
While nearly all the rooms are impressive, the study is definitely a showstopper with its fancy plaster tracery ceiling.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2023
The contrast is beautifully maintained by the physical production, in which even the breeze-block wall framing the patio, by the design studio dots, is on point: a tracery of concrete and air.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
See All Example Sentences for tracery
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“Tracery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracery. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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