Synonyms for fretwork
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fret-wurk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrɛtˌwɜrk |
Top 10 synonyms for fretwork Other synonyms for the word fretwork
- appliqué
- arabesque
- bauble
- braid
- curlicue
- dingbat
- doodad
- extravagance
- fandangle
- festoon
- flounce
- flourish
- frame
- fretwork
- frill
- frippery
- furbelow
- fuss
- garbage
- garnish
- garniture
- gewgaws
- gilt
- gimcracks
- gingerbread
- grating
- grid
- grill
- inlay
- interlace
- jazz
- lace
- lacework
- latticework
- net
- network
- openwork
- ornamentation
- parquetry
- reticulation
- screen
- scroll
- sequin
- spangle
- structure
- thing
- tinsel
- tooling
- tracery
- trimming
- web
Définition of fretwork
Origin :- also fret-work, c.1600, from fret (n.) + work (n.).
- As in lattice : noun mesh, trellis
- As in decoration : noun particular type of embellishment
- As in filigree : noun ornamental art
- No. 12, fretwork and carpentry class; games; letter writing.
- Extract from : « With Our Soldiers in France » by Sherwood Eddy
- No passion of fretwork, or pinnacle whatever, I said, is in this Pisan pulpit.
- Extract from : « Val d'Arno » by John Ruskin
- Soon even this fretwork was gone, and there was no sign of it to be seen.
- Extract from : « Among the Forces » by Henry White Warren
- Mother is going to give me a set of fretwork tools so that I can put fancy tops to my frames, etc.
- Extract from : « Toy-Making in School and Home » by Ruby Kathleen Polkinghorne and Mabel Irene Rutherford Polkinghorne
- Chippendale snatched his fretwork in his brackets and the angles of his chairs from the Chinese worker in ebony.
- Extract from : « Chats on Old Clocks » by Arthur Hayden
- I turned, and scarlet through the festoons of gleaming white glowed the fretwork of a pagoda.
- Extract from : « A Journal from Japan » by Marie Carmichael Stopes
- The Salak's fretwork crater stood out entirely clear—his form a purple background to the picture gradually unfolding itself.
- Extract from : « Across the Equator » by Thomas H. Reid
- It contained a fretwork basket, stained brown and still rather sticky with varnish.
- Extract from : « The Head Girl at the Gables » by Angela Brazil
- They positively ran wild on "Chinese taste," their fretwork and combination of Chinese and Gothic being perfectly extravagant.
- Extract from : « The Old Furniture Book » by N. Hudson Moore
- Chippendale, in his book, gives very elaborate directions for preparing the wood from which this fretwork carving was to be made.
- Extract from : « The Old Furniture Book » by N. Hudson Moore
Antonyms for fretwork
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