fretwork

Questions about fretwork

What does fretwork mean?

fretwork means "framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal".

How many syllables are in fretwork?

fretwork has 2 syllables and divides as fre-twork under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for fretwork?

Close synonyms include lattice, latticework. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fretwork a common word?

fretwork is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.