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noun
A craft involving pulling yarn, thread, or floss through a canvas mesh to produce a decorative design.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
An object made using that craft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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verb
To produce a decorative design by this means.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
embroidery consisting of allover embroidered canvas resembling tapestry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: needlepoint embroidery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: embroidery, fancywork
Narrower terms: gros point, petit point
noun
lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: point lace
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lace
History
From needle + point.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
