There's not enough light in that room to do needlework.
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Needlework
Synonyms for "needlework" (23 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (11)
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39 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- бродерия noun (product of working with a needle)
- бродиране noun (process of working with a needle)
- ръкоделие noun (occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle)
- шев noun (process of working with a needle)
Finnish
4 entries- kirjonta noun (process of working with a needle)
- koristeompelija noun (occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle)
- koristeompelu noun (process of working with a needle)
- koruommel noun (product of working with a needle)
French
3 entries- couture noun (process of working with a needle)
- ouvrage noun (product of working with a needle)
- travaux d'aiguille noun (process of working with a needle)
Galician
1 entries- costura noun (process of working with a needle)
German
1 entries- Handarbeit noun (process of working with a needle)
Hungarian
3 entries- hímzés noun (process of working with a needle)
- kézimunka noun (process of working with a needle)
- varrás noun (process of working with a needle)
Icelandic
3 entries- saumaskapur noun (process of working with a needle)
- saumaskapur noun (product of working with a needle)
- saumaskapur noun (occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle)
Irish
4 entries- fuáil noun (process of working with a needle)
- obair shnáthaide noun (process of working with a needle)
- obair shnáthaide noun (product of working with a needle)
- obair shnáthaide noun (occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle)
Macedonian
1 entries- ве́зење noun (process of working with a needle)
Norman
1 entries- couôtuthe noun (process of working with a needle)
Romanian
2 entries- coasere noun (process of working with a needle)
- cusătură noun (process of working with a needle)
Russian
4 entries- вышива́ние noun (process of working with a needle)
- вяза́ние noun (process of working with a needle)
- рукоде́лие noun (process of working with a needle)
- шитьё noun (process of working with a needle)
Spanish
4 entries- cosedura noun (process of working with a needle)
- cosedura noun (product of working with a needle)
- cosedura noun (occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle)
- costura noun (process of working with a needle)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Victorian ladies were expected to excel at needlework, and everybody read a lot.
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