fret
Stringed instrument bar
F-r-e-t is three words in one.
Most frequent is a verb conveying irritation or worry: She’s fretting about her grades.
On guitars and other stringed instruments, the frets are the ridges along the fingerboard that enable the sounding of different notes from the same string.
Finally, a fret or fretwork is a design with lines intersecting at various angles.
Troubled by uncertainty
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
- worryTroubled mental state
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- uneaseMild persistent worry
tension · dread · agitation · brood · stew · agonize · overthink · ruminate
Diminish through persistent friction
- corrodeDestroy through chemical action
- wearCarry on person
- abradeErode through friction
- gnawBite repeatedly at
eat away · deteriorate · rust · degrade · weather · pit · chafe · gall
String instrument's pitch surface
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- ukuleleSmall Hawaiian stringed instrument
luthier · intonation · neck · fretboard · tang · crown · scalloped
Openwork of crossed strips
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
- traceryDecorative branching stonework
- openworkDecorative pierced craftsmanship
interlace · geometric · carved · pierced · arabesque · grille · screen · decorative
Bearing interlaced bendlets
- interlacedWoven together crosswise
- trellisGarden climbing structure
- diagonalSlanting line or path
- lozengeMedicated tablet for sucking
saltire · latticed · charge · blazon · coat of arms · escutcheon
anxious
Troubled by uncertainty
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
- worryTroubled mental state
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
unease · tension · dread · agitation · brood · stew · agonize · overthink · ruminate · distress
erode
Diminish through persistent friction
gnaw · eat away · deteriorate · rust · degrade · weather · pit · chafe · gall · grind
fingerboard
String instrument's pitch surface
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
ukulele · luthier · intonation · neck · fretboard · tang · crown · scalloped
lattice
Openwork of crossed strips
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
- traceryDecorative branching stonework
openwork · interlace · geometric · carved · pierced · arabesque · grille · screen · decorative · woodwork
fretty
Bearing interlaced bendlets
- interlacedWoven together crosswise
- trellisGarden climbing structure
- diagonalSlanting line or path
lozenge · saltire · latticed · charge · blazon · coat of arms · escutcheon
- overthinkingoverthink, ruminate, obsess, brood, dwell
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
- Guitarelectric guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, guitar string, guitar strap
- agitationagitation, anxiety, worry, nervousness, unease
- anxietiesworry, angst, nervousness, dread, apprehension
- curvescurve, arc, curves, curls, curl