embroidery
noun/ɪmˈbrɔɪdəri/
/ɪmˈbrɔɪdəri/
- [uncountable, countable] patterns that are sewn onto cloth using threads of various colours; cloth that is decorated in this way
- a beautiful piece of embroidery
- Indian embroideries
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- [uncountable] the skill or activity of decorating cloth in this wayTopics Hobbiesc2, Artc2
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French enbrouderie, from enbrouder ‘embroider’.
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