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trellis

[trel-is] / ˈtrɛl ɪs /


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The couple are also planning to put a pool and “inset spa” in the backyard, while also building a pool deck and a boardwalk, as well as a trellis.

From MarketWatch Dec. 17, 2025

“Instead of putting up a trellis where plants climb up, we thought ‘Why don’t we plant it on top and have it climb down,’ ” Johnsen said.

From Seattle Times May 22, 2024

“It’s what you would buy if you were going to grow a couple of tomatoes and maybe a miniature eggplant on a trellis on your patio.”

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2024

Although Snyderman decided to keep the interior of the room visible, he built a free-standing trellis for track lighting.

From New York Times May 2, 2024

Ruthanne shoved me behind a rose trellis that didn’t provide much coverage, as there were no blooms to boast of.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

Here, the grapes that tangled themselves around corner-bar trellises all summer fall frozen to the sidewalk, shattering softly underfoot.

From Salon Mar. 1, 2026

Another complication is that to accommodate robotic pickers, many farmers would need to plant new orchards with apples growing on trellises rather than in rows of traditional lollipop-shaped trees.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

We come to a row house with a garden filled with leafy plants growing up trellises and flowerpots on each of the steps.

From Slate Oct. 27, 2025

But over time, the Kirkpatricks learned to tend to the trees, whose branches must be secured to trellises, lest the heavy fruit pull them to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 28, 2023

Hocked wallpaper, moss green with gold, in a pattern of sinewy trellises; a matching moss-green carpet; and on the walls, electric torches.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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