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CUTWORK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cutwork mean?
• CUTWORK (noun)
The noun CUTWORK has 1 sense:
1. embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away
Familiarity information: CUTWORK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cutwork" is a kind of...):
embroidery; fancywork (decorative needlework)
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