Rate this phrase:0.0 / 0 votes

whole cloth

Something made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else.
10 Views
“

The plans for the widget were drawn from whole cloth.

Collection   Edit    

Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'whole cloth':

whole clothA newly made textile which has not yet been cut.
whole clothThe fictitious material from which complete fabrications, lies with no basis in truth, are made.
whole clothin full extent, wholesale, entirely, without changes or additions
See them all »

Translation

Find a translation for the whole cloth phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to whole cloth

the whole world and his dogWhole Kit and Caboodletouch clothback-cloth starwhole shebangout of whole clothwhole ball of waxcut from the same cloththe whole nine yardscut one's coat according to one's clothwhole enchiladaon the wholethe whole nine yardswhole shooting match

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this whole cloth phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this whole cloth definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "whole cloth." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/whole-cloth_15777>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    You should never judge a book by its ________.
    A reputation
    B ratings
    C cover
    D story

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ