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shadow stitch

shadow stitch noun: a very delicate kind of ladder stitch used in fine openwork.

Noun

shadow stitch (countable and uncountable, plural shadow stitches)

  1. A very delicate kind of ladder stitch used in fine openwork.

Forms of shadow stitch

pluralshadow stitches

Questions about shadow stitch

What does shadow stitch mean?
Shadow stitch means a very delicate kind of ladder stitch used in fine openwork.
What part of speech is shadow stitch?
Shadow stitch is a noun.
What is the plural of shadow stitch?
The plural of shadow stitch is shadow stitches.

Words near shadow stitch in the dictionary

  1. shadow ships
  2. shadow snake
  3. shadow snakes
  4. shadow social
  5. shadow socials
  6. shadow stitch
  7. shadow stitches
  8. shadow stock
  9. shadow stocks
  10. shadow trade
  11. shadow trades

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