knitting needle

1. 1.

   needle consisting of a slender rod with pointed ends; usually used in pairs

   Broaderneedle

Questions about knitting needle

What does knitting needle mean?

knitting needle means "needle consisting of a slender rod with pointed ends; usually used in pairs".

Is knitting needle a common word?

knitting needle 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.