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EMBROIDERY STITCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does embroidery stitch mean?
• EMBROIDERY STITCH (noun)
The noun EMBROIDERY STITCH has 1 sense:
1. a stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather
Familiarity information: EMBROIDERY STITCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
embroidery stitch; sewing stitch
Hypernyms ("embroidery stitch" is a kind of...):
stitch (a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "embroidery stitch"):
hemstitch; hemstitching (a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups)
whipping; whipstitch; whipstitching (a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally)
tailor's tack (a loose, looped, sewing stitch used to transfer marking for darts, etc., from a pattern to material)
slip stitch (a loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric; designed to be invisible from the right side)
satin stitch (flat stitches worked so closely as to resemble satin)
saddle stitch (a decorative overcast or running stitch, especially in a contrasting color)
running stitch (small, even, hand stitches run in and out)
quilting (stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design)
picot (an edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon)
petit point; tent stitch (a small diagonal needlepoint stitch)
overhand stitch (a stitch passing over an edge vertically)
machine stitch; sewing-machine stitch (a sewing stitch made by a sewing machine, sometimes using more than one thread)
backstitch (an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one)
hemming-stitch (a stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses)
gros point (a needlepoint stitch covering two horizontal and two vertical threads)
French knot (a stitch made by looping the thread several times around the needle before inserting it into the fabric)
faggot stitch; fagot stitch (the stitch that ties a group of parallel threads together in fagoting)
cross-stitch (two stitches forming a cross or X)
chain stitch (a looped stitch resembling the links of a chain; used in embroidery and in sewing)
buttonhole stitch (a reinforcing looped stitch for edges, as around a buttonhole)
blanket stitch (a strong reinforcing stitch for edges of blanket and other thick material; similar to buttonhole stitch)
baste; basting; basting stitch; tacking (a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together)
bargello; flame stitch (needlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines)
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