About The Word Embroidery

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Embroidery

Embroidery Meaning & Definition
Embroidery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Embroidery?

[n] decorative needlework
[n] elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Embroidery: embellishment | fancywork

Related Terms | Find terms related to Embroidery: adjunct | adornment | applique | arrangement | basting | beauties | binding | buttonholing | color | color patterns | colors | colors of rhetoric | crochet | decor | decoration | elaboration | elegant variation | embellishment | emblazonment | emblazonry | figure | figure of speech | fine writing | floridity | floridness | flourish | flower arrangement | floweriness | flowers of speech | frill | furniture arrangement | garnish | garnishment | garniture | illumination | knitting | lushness | luxuriance | macrame | needlepoint | netting | ornament | ornamentation | petit point | purple patches | quilting | ribbing | tatting | trim | trimming | window dressing

See Also | candlewick | crewelwork | cross-stitch | cutwork | drawnwork | elaboration | enlargement | expansion | hemstitch | needlepoint | sampler | sewing | smocking | stitchery

Embroidery In Webster's Dictionary

\Em*broid"er*y\, n.; pl. {Embroideries}. 1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering. 2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration. Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed. --Addison. A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases. --J. A. Symonds.

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