What does basting stitch mean?

basting stitch means "a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together".

What is another word for basting stitch?

Close synonyms include baste, basting, tacking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is basting stitch a common word?

basting stitch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

basting stitch — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
Synonymsbaste basting tacking
Broadersewing stitch

Questions about basting stitch

What does basting stitch mean?: basting stitch means "a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together".
What is another word for basting stitch?: Close synonyms include baste, basting, tacking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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