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fretwork

[fret-wurk] / ˈfrɛtˌwɜrk /


NOUN
filigree
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Mr. Eddy influenced a multitude of rock guitarists, including George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Springsteen, whose plunging guitar lines on “Born to Run” pay homage to Mr. Eddy’s muscular fretwork.

From New York Times May 1, 2024

Despite some impressive fretwork from the star, the revved up audience's attention drifts somewhat.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2023

Its fretwork of thin glass tubes was bent and shaped to resemble an old-fashioned bellows camera.

From Washington Post Apr. 16, 2023

The 71-foot-high glass pyramid he built as the Louvre’s new entrance relied for its extraordinary visual lightness on a fretwork of stainless-steel rods and cables made by a manufacturer of yacht rigging.

From Seattle Times May 16, 2019

It is set in a cupboard whose door he has replaced with a fretwork arch.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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