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English noun: embroidery | |||
| 1. | embroidery (communication) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail | ||
| Samples | The mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings. | ||
| Synonyms | embellishment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | elaboration, enlargement, expansion | ||
| 2. | embroidery (artifact) decorative needlework | ||
| Synonyms | fancywork | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | needlecraft, needlework | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | candlewick, crewelwork, cross-stitch, cutwork, drawnwork, faggoting, fagoting, hemstitch, needlepoint, needlepoint embroidery, sampler, smocking | ||
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