English Explanatory Dictionary

whole cloth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A newly made textile which has not yet been cut.
  2. The fictitious material from which complete fabrications, lies with no basis in truth, are made.
  3. Something made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else.
adv
  1. In full extent, wholesale, entirely, without changes or additions.

Pronunciation

En-au-whole cloth.ogg

Word forms

whole cloth whole cloths

Synonyms

broadcloth
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