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refret.

To replace the frets on (a musical instrument).

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To replace the frets on (a musical instrument).

    transitive
    Can you refret my guitar?
Where this word comes from

From re- + fret.

noun
  1. A refrain.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English refreit, from Anglo-Norman refreit (“response”), refraindre (“to sing a refrain”); also Old French refreit (“refrain”). The Oxford English Dictionary suggests influence from an unattested Late Latin form, refrangere; compare Latin refractus (past participle). See refrain (noun), refract.

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