About The Word Embroidery
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Embroidery
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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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