embroidery

1. 1.

   elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail

   “the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings”

   Synonymsembellishment

   Broaderexpansion
2. 2.

   decorative needlework

   Synonymsfancywork

   Broaderneedlework

   Narrowercandlewickcrewelworkcross-stitchcutworkdrawnworkfagotinghemstitchneedlepointsamplersmocking

Other forms of embroidery

plural

embroideries·

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.

Questions about embroidery

What does embroidery mean?

embroidery means "elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in embroidery?

embroidery has 4 syllables: em-broi-de-ry. The stress falls on "broi". In IPA it is /ɛmˈbɹɔɪdɚi/.

What is another word for embroidery?

Close synonyms include embellishment, fancywork. 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 embroidery a common word?

embroidery is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.