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Webster's 1828 DictionaryFRET'WORK, n. Raised work; work adorned with frets. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)n Merriam Webster'snoun Date: 1601 Oxford Reference Dictionaryn. ornamental work in wood, done with a fretsaw. Webster's 1913 DictionaryFretwork Fret"work, n. [6th fret + work.] Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like. Banqueting on the turf in the fretwork of shade and sunshine. --Macaulay. Collin's Cobuild DictionaryFretwork is wood or metal that has been decorated by cutting bits of it out to make a pattern. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n Moby Thesaurusarabesque, basketry, basketwork, cancellation, cross-hatching, crossing-out, filigree, fret, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, netting, network, plexure, plexus, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sieve, texture, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork |