lacelike
Webby and intricate
Lacelike describes something resembling lace—delicate, ornamental, with an open pattern of holes or gaps: lacelike frost on the window, the lacelike canopy of branches overhead.
The word emphasizes intricate, airy structure rather than solid mass.
Marine skeletal formation
- frostThin ice coating
- lichenSymbiotic rock dweller
- spiderwebSilk net for catching prey
- fernSpore-spreading vascular plant
snowflake · sea fan · veined · fungal · crystalline · branching · foliage · honeycombed
Shuttle-based lace making
- crochetHooked needle needlework
- macrameOrnamental cord knotting
- tulleFine net fabric
- chantillySweetened whipped cream
bobbin · needlelace · netting · mesh · doily · broderie · edging · insertion
Delicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- weblikeForming intricate connected strands
- fretworkInterlocking ornamental design
- latticedHaving crisscrossed framework
- networkedLinked for data exchange
interwoven · detailed · elaborate · complex · openwork · tracery · reticulated · branching
Filmy, delicate material
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
gauzy · translucent · featherlight · fine · airy · cobwebby · filmy · papery
coral
Marine skeletal formation
fern · snowflake · sea fan · veined · fungal · crystalline · branching · foliage · honeycombed
tatting
Shuttle-based lace making
chantilly · bobbin · needlelace · netting · mesh · doily · broderie · edging · insertion · appliqué
filigree
Delicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- weblikeForming intricate connected strands
- fretworkInterlocking ornamental design
- latticedHaving crisscrossed framework
networked · interwoven · detailed · elaborate · complex · openwork · tracery · reticulated · branching · dendritic
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- wispyThin and insubstantial
sheer · gauzy · translucent · featherlight · fine · airy · cobwebby · filmy · papery · fragile
lacelikeopaque
Impassable to light
solid · dense · impenetrable · impermeable · unperforated
lacelikeplain
Basic and unremarkable
unadorned · undecorated · simple · austere · utilitarian
lace, shoelace, laces, lacing, lacy, laced, enlace, interlace, unlaced