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warp and weft

warp and weft is the alternative form of warp and woof.

Meaning of warp and woof

Noun

warp and woof (countable and uncountable, plural warps and woofs)

  1. The threads in a woven fabric, composed of the warp (threads running lengthwise) and woof (threads running crosswise) to create the texture of the fabric.
  2. (figuratively) The fundamental structure of any process or system.
    • … the “manifest destiny” theory that justifies the stealing of all territory contiguous to our own, and kindred topics, constitute the warp and woof of conversation.1857, Hinton Rowan Helper, The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It, page 406
    Synonyms:
    foundation

Forms of warp and weft

pluralwarps and wefts

Questions about warp and weft

What is warp and weft the alternative form of?
Warp and weft is the alternative form of warp and woof.

Words near warp and weft in the dictionary

  1. warongs
  2. Waroona
  3. Waropen
  4. Warori
  5. warp
  6. warp and weft
  7. warp and woof
  8. warp beam
  9. warp beams
  10. warp bubble
  11. warp bubbles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: warp and weft (page history and authors); warp and woof (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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