frets
Definitions
Noun
- Agitation resulting from active worry
- A spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
- An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
- A small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
Verb
- Worry unnecessarily or excessively
- Be agitated or irritated
- Provide (a musical instrument) with frets
- Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- Cause annoyance in
- Gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- Carve a pattern into
- Decorate with an interlaced design
- Be too tight; rub or press
- Cause friction
- Remove soil or rock
- Wear away or erode
Fragment
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "frets".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | effects | 2 | 108 |
| 2 | facts | 1 | 87 |
| 3 | affects | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | fists | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | flights | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | fruits | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | faults | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | forts | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | flats | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | feasts | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | fritz | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | fleet's | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | fleets | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | floats | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | fasts | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | feltes | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | felts | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | feltz | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | fests | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | feutz | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | fiat's | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | first's | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | firsts | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | flight's | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | flirts | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | flouts | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | flutes | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | folts | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | foltz | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | fonts | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | frates | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | fretz | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | frites | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | frits | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | fritts | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | fults | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | fultz | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | offsets | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | offshoots | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "frets".
Words That Follow
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Words That Precede
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "frets".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frits | 1 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 16
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 39
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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