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colorwork

colorwork noun: knitting involving multiple colors.

Noun

colorwork (uncountable)

  1. Knitting involving multiple colors.

Forms of colorwork

alternative formcolourwork

Origin of colorwork

From color + work.

Questions about colorwork

What does colorwork mean?
Colorwork means knitting involving multiple colors.
What part of speech is colorwork?
Colorwork is a noun.

Words near colorwork in the dictionary

  1. colorwashes
  2. colorwashing
  3. colorway
  4. colorways
  5. colorwise
  6. colorwork
  7. colory
  8. coloscope
  9. coloscopes
  10. coloscopic
  11. coloscopies

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