Antonyms for fretwork

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fret-wurk

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrɛtˌwɜrk

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for fretwork

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