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English
Etymology
From needle + -work.
Noun
needlework (countable and uncountable, plural needleworks)
- The art or process of working with a needle especially in embroidery or needlepoint.
- The product of such art or process.
- The occupation or employment of a person skilled in embroidery, needlepoint, etc.
- Hyponyms: sewing, stitchery
Synonyms
Translations
process of working with a needle
- Bulgarian: шев (bg) m (šev), бродиране (bg) n (brodirane)
- Finnish: koristeompelu (fi), koruompelu (fi), kirjonta (fi)
- French: couture (fr) f, travaux d’aiguille m pl
- Galician: costura (gl) f
- German: Handarbeit (de) f (handiwork)
- Hungarian: (handiwork) kézimunka (hu), (sewing) varrás (hu), (embroidery) hímzés (hu)
- Icelandic: saumaskapur m
- Irish: fuáil f, obair shnáthaide f
- Macedonian: ве́зење n (vézenje)
- Norman: couôtuthe f
- Romanian: coasere f, cusătură (ro) f
- Russian: шитьё (ru) n (šitʹjó) (sewing), вышива́ние (ru) n (vyšivánije) (embroidery), рукоде́лие (ru) n (rukodélije) (handiwork), вяза́ние (ru) n (vjazánije) (knitting)
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product of working with a needle
occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle
References
- The Random House Dictionary 1973 (copyright)