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Whole cloth

noun
Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounA newly made textile which has not yet been cut.
2.noun(used attributively or preceded by various prepositions) The fictitious material from which complete fabrications, lies with no basis in truth, are made.
"Mr. Doe's account of the accident was made from whole cloth."
3.nounSomething made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else.
"The plans for the widget were drawn from whole cloth."
4.adverbIn full extent, wholesale, entirely, without changes or additions

Synonyms

broadclothunion clothfullagedrapepuffunderclothcomposition clothdoubleclothmatelasséclothworkfoldlongcloth
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