crochet
noun/ˈkrəʊʃeɪ/
/krəʊˈʃeɪ/
[uncountable]- a way of making clothes, etc. from wool or cotton using a special thick needle with a hook at the end to make a pattern of connected threadsTopics Hobbiesc2Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, diminutive of croc ‘hook’, from Old Norse krókr.
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