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cutwork

cutwork noun: a form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away.

Noun

cutwork (countable and uncountable, plural cutworks)

  1. A form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away.

cutwork meaning in Tamil

cutwork in Tamil

வெட்டி ஒட்டும் வேலைப்பாடு

Forms of cutwork

pluralcutworks
alternative formcut work

Origin of cutwork

From Middle English cut-werk, equivalent to cut + work.

Questions about cutwork

What does cutwork mean?
Cutwork means a form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away.
What is cutwork in Tamil?
Cutwork in Tamil is வெட்டி ஒட்டும் வேலைப்பாடு. See Cutwork meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cutwork?
Cutwork is a noun.
What is the plural of cutwork?
The plural of cutwork is cutworks.

Words near cutwork in the dictionary

  1. cutwauls
  2. cutwidth
  3. cutwidths
  4. cutwith
  5. cutwiths
  6. cutwork
  7. cutworks
  8. cutworm
  9. cutworm moth
  10. cutworm moths
  11. cutworms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cutwork (page history and authors); cutwork (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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