Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The art or process of needlework.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An article or articles created or assembled by needle and thread; needlework.
- noun The art, process, or occupation of creating objects with needles, such as in crocheting, embroidery, quilting, or tapestry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The art or process of working with a needle
esp. inembroidery orneedlepoint . - noun countable The product of such art or process.
- noun uncountable The
occupation oremployment of a person skilled inembroidery ,needlepoint , etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a creation created or assembled by needle and thread
- noun work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle
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Examples
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The 84-year-old native of Cocucho, Michoacán is an expert in the region's traditional needlecraft.
A Michoacan tradition: the needlework artistry of Hermelinda Reyes 2009
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The 84-year-old native of Cocucho, Michoacán is an expert in the region's traditional needlecraft.
A Michoacan tradition: the needlework artistry of Hermelinda Reyes 2009
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Another crucial feature was that partner organisations could offer whatever learning they liked to the public, from IT to cookery to horticulture to needlecraft, in places such as museums, libraries and even supermarkets.
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Horde needlecraft pattern and the eternal WoW question
MMOs Alice 2009
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And I was a particularly fingery artist, a maker of fine satiric lines which sometimes worried me, so like needlecraft were they, so like little daggers of derision and self-hurt.
Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006
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He gets a brief mention in this needlecraft article from The Daily Texan.
Tuesday Afternoon Mail Tbone 2006
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These ladies, both expert in needlecraft, cookery, canning, and all the other arts of the home, each held an absolute conviction that there was a right way to keep house (the one she had been brought up with) and a wrong way (all others).
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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These ladies, both expert in needlecraft, cookery, canning, and all the other arts of the home, each held an absolute conviction that there was a right way to keep house (the one she had been brought up with) and a wrong way (all others).
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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These ladies, both expert in needlecraft, cookery, canning, and all the other arts of the home, each held an absolute conviction that there was a right way to keep house (the one she had been brought up with) and a wrong way (all others).
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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These ladies, both expert in needlecraft, cookery, canning, and all the other arts of the home, each held an absolute conviction that there was a right way to keep house (the one she had been brought up with) and a wrong way (all others).
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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