Phrase guide

packing needle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A large needle used for heavier sewing, such as sewing up canvas packages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a large needle used to sew up canvas packages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: needle

History

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِسَلَّة (misalla) — large needle
  • Arabic: مِئْبَر (miʔbar) — large needle
  • Arabic: مَيْبَر (maybar) — large needle
  • Armenian: մախաթ (maxatʻ) — large needle
  • Bulgarian: губерка (guberka) — large needle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 打包針 /打包针 — large needle
  • Finnish: säkkineula — large needle
  • Georgian: მახათი (maxati) — large needle
  • German: Packnadel — large needle
  • German: Sacknadel — large needle
  • Latvian: maisadata — large needle
  • Norwegian: pakknål — large needle
  • Norwegian: sekkenål — large needle
  • Persian: جوالدوز (javālduz) — large needle
  • Portuguese: agulha de enfardador — large needle
  • Portuguese: agulha de empacotador — large needle
  • Portuguese: agulha para coser fardos — large needle
  • Russian: мешо́чная игла́ (mešóčnaja iglá) — large needle
  • Russian: кулева́я игла́ (kulevája iglá) — large needle
  • Russian: упако́вачная игла́ (upakóvačnaja iglá) — large needle
  • Russian: рого́жная игла́ (rogóžnaja iglá) — large needle
  • Turkish: çuvaldız — large needle
  • Ottoman Turkish: چوالدوز (çuvalduz, çuvaldız) — large needle
  • Udi: махатӏ (maꭓaṭ) — large needle
  • Udi: махатбеък (maꭓatbe̱k) — large needle
  • Ukrainian: пакувальна голка (pakuvalʹna holka) — large needle