embroidery
noun
the art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk, cotton, gold, silver, or other material, upon any woven fabric, leather, paper, etc., with a needle.
embroideries
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pluralof embroidery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Then, there are rare Indo-Portuguese embroideries and some Haji Rumals - embroidered religious cloth once exported to Indonesia and parts of the Arab world as a headdress for men.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025
Detailed embroideries, although masterfully crafted, occasionally strayed into whimsicality.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
Famed mass placard displays in stadiums often feature wartime imagery, and foreign tourists can buy posters and embroideries of soldiers and partisans in Pyongyang.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
Throughout an era dominated by oppressive minimalism, Sabyasachi’s clothes remained refreshingly maximalist, a celebration of Indian decorative arts, a menagerie of interlocking embroideries entirely outside Western trends.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
She was a Swede, and she let Laura and Mary look at the pretty things she had brought from Sweden—laces, and colored embroideries, and china.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
