Usually means: Embroidery using canvas with yarn.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word needlepoint:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. needlepoint: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. needlepoint: Merriam-Webster
  3. needlepoint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. needlepoint: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. needlepoint: Collins English Dictionary
  6. needlepoint: Vocabulary.com
  7. Needlepoint, needlepoint: Wordnik
  8. needlepoint: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. needlepoint: Wiktionary
  10. needlepoint: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. needlepoint: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. needlepoint: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. needlepoint: Dictionary.com
  14. Needlepoint (band), Needlepoint: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. needlepoint: Rhymezone
  16. needlepoint: FreeDictionary.org
  17. needlepoint: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. needlepoint: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. needlepoint: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. needlepoint: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. needlepoint: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Needlepoint: Botanical Name listing of Plants

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. needlepoint: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (uncountable) A craft involving pulling yarn, thread, or floss through a canvas mesh to produce a decorative design.
▸ noun:  (countable) An object made using that craft.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To produce a decorative design by this means.

Similar:
point lace, needlecraft, needleworking, needle lace, needletrade, needle-work, netting-needle, crochet, needlemaking, point, more...

Opposite:
knitting, crochet, embroidery

Types:
crewel, cross-stitch, embroidery, tapestry, beadwork, crochet, more...

Phrases:
needlepoint lace, needlepoint canvas, needlepoint embroidery, more...

Adjectives:
fine, finished, venetian, framed, exquisite, beautiful, own, french, more, little, antique

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Similar:
point lace, needlecraft, needleworking, needle lace, needletrade, needle-work, netting-needle, crochet, needlemaking, point, more...

Opposite:
knitting, crochet, embroidery

Types:
crewel, cross-stitch, embroidery, tapestry, beadwork, crochet, more...

Phrases:
needlepoint lace, needlepoint canvas, needlepoint embroidery, more...

Adjectives:
fine, finished, venetian, framed, exquisite, beautiful, own, french, more, little, antique



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