embroidery
pronunciation
How to pronounce embroidery in British English:
UK [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəri]
How to pronounce embroidery in American English:
US [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəri]
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- Noun:
- elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
- decorative needlework
Word Origin
- embroidery
- embroidery: [14] Embroidery comes from Anglo-Norman enbrouderie, a derivative of the verb enbrouder. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix en- ‘in’ and broisder ‘embroider’ (a borrowing from Frankish *brusdan). English originally borrowed the verb as embroud, but soon extended it to embrouder (the early substitution of -broid- for -broud- may have been due to the influence of broiden, the Middle English past participle of braid).
- embroidery (n.)
- late 14c., embrouderie "art of embroidering;" see embroider + -y (4). Meaning "embroidered work" is from 1560s.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Others do embroidery or make silkscreen prints .
- 2. Are you good at making things such as crafts , embroidery and jewellery ?
- 3. The embroidery is rich but the jacket is short , as he himself might have said .
- 4. She used the profit to buy more beads and cloth , and soon she had an embroidery business and was earning a solid income - the only one in her household to do so .
- 5. He runs one of the most successful boutiques in the kasbah of tangiers , selling rugs , lamps , silverware and embroidery to clients from all over the world .