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Definition: CREWEL |
CREWELNoun1. Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery. |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Slightly twisted worsted yarn. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word crewel comes from an ancient word describing the curl in the staple, the single hair of the wool. Crewel wool has a long staple; it is fine and can be strongly twisted.
The crewel technique is not a counted-thread embroidery (like canvas work), but a style of free embroidery.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crewel embroidery."
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| "CREWEL" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CREWEL" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "CREWEL": crewel-work. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
crewel | 49 |
crewel embroidery | 33 |
crewel fabric | 17 |
crewel embroidery kit | 17 |
crewel kit | 11 |
crewel its world | 5 |
crewel work | 4 |
crewel pattern | 4 |
crewel wool | 4 |
crewel needlework | 3 |
crewel bed spread | 2 |
crewel free pattern | 2 |
appleton crewel wool | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CREWEL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غزل صوفي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бродерия с вълнени конци (crewel-work). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | crewelgarn, crewel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | crewel, laine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Crewelgarn, Crewel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νήμα (clew, clue, filament, strand, thread, yarn), περλέ (half cardigan rib, royal rib). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hímzõfonal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | crewel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | crool. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ewelcray lã de bordar (berlin wool), bordado de lã. (various references) lânã finã pentru broderie. (various references) тонкая шерсть (saxony), вышивание шерстью. (various references) crewel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CREWEL": crewels, crewelwork, crewelworks. (additional references) | |
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"CREWEL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Brewell, Cardweil, cewe, Crawle, creeel, Creely, Cremello, Crewi, Crisell, criwe, Csepel, grewel, Karweil, Kregel, Rewell. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CREWEL" (pronounced kruw"ul) |
| 5 | k r uw" u l | accrual, cruel, nonaccrual. |
| 4 | -r uw" u l | gruel. |
| 3 | -uw" u l | dual, duel, fuel, jewel, refuel, renewal. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-l-r-w" | |
-1 letter: creel. | |
-2 letters: cere, clew, crew, ewer, leer, reel, weel, weer, were. | |
-3 letters: cee, cel, eel, ere, ewe, lee, rec, ree, wee. | |
-4 letters: el, er, re, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-l-r-w" | |
+1 letter: crewels, welcher. | |
+2 letters: clerihew, crewless, welchers, welcomer. | |
+3 letters: becrawled, cartwheel, clerihews, leadscrew, lowercase, screwlike, welcomers. | |
+4 letters: cakewalker, cartwheels, clowneries, coneflower, crewelwork, leadscrews, lowercased, lowercases, racewalker, wheelchair, wretchedly. | |
+5 letters: cakewalkers, candlepower, cartwheeled, cartwheeler, caterwauled, clergywomen, coneflowers, crackleware, crewelworks, electroweak, lacquerware, racewalkers, spacewalker, watercooler, weltschmerz, wheelchairs. | |
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