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buttonhole stitch

buttonhole stitch noun: a looped stitch used for edging buttonholes or pieces of material.

Noun

buttonhole stitch (plural buttonhole stitches)

  1. a looped stitch used for edging buttonholes or pieces of material

Forms of buttonhole stitch

pluralbuttonhole stitches

Questions about buttonhole stitch

What does buttonhole stitch mean?
Buttonhole stitch means a looped stitch used for edging buttonholes or pieces of material.
What part of speech is buttonhole stitch?
Buttonhole stitch is a noun.
What is the plural of buttonhole stitch?
The plural of buttonhole stitch is buttonhole stitches.

Words near buttonhole stitch in the dictionary

  1. Buttong
  2. buttongrass
  3. buttonhead
  4. buttonheads
  5. buttonhole
  6. buttonhole stitch
  7. buttonhole stitches
  8. buttonholed
  9. buttonholer
  10. buttonholers
  11. buttonholes

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