wirework
noun, verb
wirework is a noun meaning “Work, especially openwork, formed of wires” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-I-R-E-W-O-R-K, and it appears about once in every 54 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of wirework is wireworks.
What does wirework mean?
noun
- 1
Work, especially openwork, formed of wires.
- 2
The use of wires to suspend actors in otherwise impossible positions.
verb
- 1
To create or work with wire, such as electric wire.
- 2
To construct something using wire, such as a mesh or trellis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of wirework
- wireworks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- wireworking participle, present
- wireworked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is wirework?
Wirework appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does wirework come from?
From wire + work.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).