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needle holders

needle holders is the plural of needle holder.

Meaning of needle holder

Noun

needle holder (plural needle holders)

  1. A specialized form of forceps, featuring very small jaws and often a locking ratchet mechanism, used to hold the needle of a suture.
    Synonyms:
    needle driver, needle forceps

Questions about needle holders

What is needle holders the plural of?
Needle holders is the plural of needle holder.

Words near needle holders in the dictionary

  1. needle grass
  2. needle grasses
  3. needle gun
  4. needle guns
  5. needle holder
  6. needle holders
  7. needle ice
  8. needle in a haystack
  9. needle lace
  10. needle laces
  11. needle loom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: needle holders (page history and authors); needle holder (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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