What does petit point mean?

petit point means "a small diagonal needlepoint stitch". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for petit point?

Close synonyms include tent stitch. 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 petit point a common word?

petit point is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

petit point — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a small diagonal needlepoint stitch
Synonymstent stitch
Broadersewing stitch
2.
needlepoint done with small stitches
Broaderneedlepoint

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What does petit point mean?: petit point means "a small diagonal needlepoint stitch". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
What is another word for petit point?

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