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embroidery.

The art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəɹi/
  1. The art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A piece of embroidered fabric.

    countable · uncountable
  4. The elaboration of an account, etc. with details, especially when fictitious.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle French embrouderie, from embrouder + -erie. By surface analysis, embroider + -y.

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