Synonyms for "backstitch"

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Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

6 entries

embroidery stitchrun upsewsew togethersewing stitchstitch

Related terms

1 entries

stem stitch

derived from

2 entries

backstitch

has context

1 entries

sewing

is a

1 entries

embroidery stitch

manner of

1 entries

sew

related to

4 entries

backwardssewstem stitchstitch

Translations

12 translations across 6 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries

• зад игла verb (to sew with a backstitch)

Finnish

1 entries

• tikkipisto noun (backstitch)

Irish

4 entries

• cúlghreim noun (backstitch)
• fuáil chúil noun (backstitch)
• fuáil thar droim noun (backstitch)
• greim cúil noun (backstitch)

Italian

1 entries

• punto indietro noun (backstitch)

Polish

3 entries

• stębnówka noun (backstitch)
• ścieg stębnowy noun (backstitch)
• stębnować verb (to sew with a backstitch)

Spanish

2 entries

• pespunte noun (backstitch)
• pespuntar verb (to sew with a backstitch)

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