What is a fret on a guitar?

Question

What is a fret on a guitar?

Answer 1

Actually, a fret is the metal wire that defines the notes on  guitar. You press the strings down close behind the frets to create different pitches for chords and/or melodies.

Answer 2

the space between the skinny slits on the neck.  i don't know the correct wording.

Answer 3

its eanything in the middle of the medal bars on the neck  

Answer 4

A fret is the vertical metal bars on a guitar fret board.

Answer 5

The frets are the metal bars that run parallel across the fingerboard.

To play different notes, you place your finger immediately behind the desired fret. ("Behind" = the side of the fret closer to the headstock where the tuners are).