0 (of a musical instrument with strings, such as a guitar) having small raised metal bars across the long, thin part, that show you where to put your fingers on the strings in order to produce different notes:
Guitars and lutes are fretted musical instruments.
There were six pairs of metal strings running over a fretted fingerboard.
1 (of a hard material such as wood or metal) decorated with a pattern cut into it:
The bass viol has a fretted neck and comparatively loose stringing.
They produce classic models in every major style of fretted instrument, including acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins, and banjos.
The large lute had six strings above a fretted fingerboard.
It is a colonial-style mansion with a fretted wood balcony on the side.
The radio was made of light wood with two large circular openings, one with a fretted front, the other fitted with a dial.
