whole cloth

whole cloth

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hohl klawth, kloth]
- /hoʊl klɔθ, klɒθ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hohl klawth, kloth]
- /hoʊl klɔθ, klɒθ/

Definitions of whole cloth words

noun whole cloth pure fabrication: fiction, invention 1
noun whole cloth A newly made textile which has not yet been cut. 0
noun whole cloth (figuratively, used attributively or preceded by various prepositions) The fictitious material from which complete fabrications, lies with no basis in truth, are made. 0
noun whole cloth Something made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else. 0
adverb whole cloth (Idiomatic) in full extent, wholesale, entirely, without changes or additions. 0

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Parts of speech for Whole cloth

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Whole cloth

whole cloth popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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