embroidery
/ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəɹi/
embroidery noun: the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.
Noun
embroidery (countable and uncountable, plural embroideries)
- The art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.
- The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
- A piece of embroidered fabric.
- ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- The elaboration of an account, etc. with details, especially when fictitious.
embroidery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
embroidery in Hindi
- ornamentation
- चिक काढना cik kāḍhnā
embroidery in Tamil
- சித்திரத் துன்னல் வேலைப்பாடு, பூத்தையல், சித்திரத் தையல் வேலை, சித்திரத்தையல், தையல் வேலைப்பாடு
embroidery in Marathi
- embroidery
- कशिदा kaśidā
embroidery in Urdu
- چکن, گوٹا کناری, کام, کڑھائی, کشیدہ کاری, نگار
More languagesFewer languages
- embroidery in Bengali
- নকশা nokśa
- embroidery in Telugu
- ఎంబ్రాయిడరీ, ఎంబ్రయ్డరీ
- embroidery in Malayalam
- ചിത്രത്തയ്യൽ, ചിത്രത്തുന്നൽ, തയ്യൽവേല, സൂചിപ്പണി
- embroidery in Kannada
- ಕಸೂತಿಹಾಕುವಿಕೆ, ಕಸೂತಿ ಕೆಲಸ, ಕಸೂತಿ ಮಾಡುವುದು
- embroidery in Punjabi
- ਕਢਾਈ kaḍhāī
- embroidery in Gujarati
- કશીદો kaśīdo
- embroidery in Odia
- ଏମ୍ବ୍ରୋଏଡରୀ, ଏମ୍ବ୍ରୋଇଡାରୀ, ଏମ୍ବ୍ରୋଇଡେରୀ
- embroidery in Nepali
- एम्ब्रोइडरी, एम्ब्रोइड्री
- embroidery in Tagalog
- burdá
- embroidery in Arabic
- تَطْرِيز taṭrīz
- embroidery in Malay
- tekat
- embroidery in Indonesian
- sulam, bordir
- embroidery in Thai
- งานเย็บปักถักร้อย
- embroidery in Vietnamese
- đồ thêu
Examples of embroidery in a sentence
- All your odds and ends of embroidery silks will now be useful.
- Instead, delicately cut out shapes had been sewn onto an undercloth, with fine embroidery worked over them.
- You know I help women who do the chikan embroidery work?
Forms of embroidery
| plural | embroideries |
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Origin of embroidery
From Middle French embrouderie, from embrouder + -erie. By surface analysis, embroider + -y.
Words formed from embroidery
- Assisi embroidery
- embroidery hoop
- gold embroidery
- reembroidery
- Russian embroidery
Questions about embroidery
- What does embroidery mean?
- Embroidery means the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.
- What is embroidery in Hindi?
- Embroidery in Hindi is चिक काढना (cik kāḍhnā). See Embroidery meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is embroidery?
- Embroidery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce embroidery?
- Embroidery is pronounced /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəɹi/.
- What is the plural of embroidery?
- The plural of embroidery is embroideries.
Words near embroidery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: embroidery (page history and authors); embroidery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कशिदा (Marathi) (page history and authors); embroidery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); নকশা (Bengali) (page history and authors); embroidery (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); embroidery (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); embroidery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); embroidery (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); embroidery (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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