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say it: BAK-stich
backstitch is a noun and verb meaning "an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one". It is pronounced /ˈbækstɪtʃ/ — BAK-stich. It carries 2 recorded senses.
an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one
do backstitches
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for backstitch come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.