fretwork.

Ornamental work cut or formed into interlacing, geometric, or other repeated patterns.

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Words that belong together

• wooden fretwork
• decorative fretwork

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Wooden fretwork screened the balcony.

The cabinet doors carried delicate fretwork.

A broken section interrupted the decorative fretwork.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Forms: Normally a mass noun; no ordinary plural needed. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.