Definition of "whole cloth" in Anglais

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.

   • Mr. Doe's account of the accident was made from whole cloth.

3. Something made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else.

   • The plans for the widget were drawn from whole cloth.

Adverb

1. in full extent, wholesale, entirely, without changes or additions