Beadwork

Definitions: Beadwork

Beadwork

Noun

1. Ornamentation with beads.

2. A beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture.

Date "beadwork" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Synonyms: Beadwork

Synonyms: astragal (n), bead (n), beading (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Beadwork

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to one another or to cloth using a needle and thread. Most beadwork takes the form of jewelry or other personal adornnment, but beads are also used in wall hangings and sculpture.

Beadwork techniques are broadly divided into loom and off-loom weaving, stringing, bead embroidery, bead crochet, and bead knitting.

Most cultures have employed beads for personal adornment. Archaeological records show that people made and used beads as long as 5000 years ago. Beads have also been used for religious purposes, as good luck talismans, and as curative agents.

Beadwork traditions

Middle Eastern and Egyptian beadwork
Scythian gold bead making
Central Asian metalsmithing and gemstone carving
Indian beadwork
Chinese beadwork
European beadwork
Native American beadwork

A number of bead artists have published their work on the web. Projects and patterns are widely available.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beadwork."

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Crosswords: Beadwork

English words defined with "beadwork": beading plane. (references)

Specialty definitions using "beadwork": DIRECTOR, CRAFT CENTER. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Beadwork

Domain	Title
Books	Beaded Adornment: Six Beadwork Techniques to Create 23 Necklace and Earring Sets (reference) Sea Anemone Beadwork (reference) Authentic American Indian Beadwork and How to Do It: With 50 Charts for Bead Weaving and 21 Full-Size Patterns for Applique (reference) Northern Athapaskan Art: A Beadwork Tradition (reference) Beaded Cords, Chains, Straps, & Fringe: A Beadwork Magazine Project Book (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Beadwork

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Photo Album: Beadwork

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Charms, beadwork, ashtrays, and commercial Indian curios for sale at the locally sponsored Indian Fair.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Beadwork

"Beadwork" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Beadwork" is used about 11 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%	11	106,044

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Beadwork

Language		Translations for "beadwork"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		qëndisje me rruaza të vogla. (various references)

Arabic		‏زخرفة خرزية. (various references)

Blackfoot		saatstakssin. (various references)

Bulgarian		украшение направено от мъниста. (various references)

French		décorations, collier (beads). (various references)

Hebrew		תקשיט חרוזים. (various references)

Hungarian		gyöngysor (collar of pearls, necklet, negligee, pearl necklace, rope). (various references)

Papago		koawgitha. (various references)

Pig Latin		eadworkbay

Portuguese		bordado de pérolas. (various references)

Romanian		ornamentaţie cu mãrgele. (various references)

Russian		вышивка бисером. (various references)

Spanish		trabajo de perlas. (various references)

Swedish		pärlbrodering. (various references)

Turkish		boncuk işi. (various references)

Ukranian		вишивка бісером. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Beadwork

Derivations
	Words beginning with "beadwork": beadworks. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Beadwork" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: boardwork. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Beadwork"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "beadwork" (pronounced bē"dwer'k)
4	-d w er' k	fieldwork, groundwork, leadwork, roadwork, spadework, woodwork.
3	-w er' k	artwork, brushwork, casework, clockwork, earthwork, firework, footwork, framework, guesswork, handiwork, homework, housework, latticework, legwork, masterwork, metalwork, needlework, network, openwork, paperwork, patchwork, piecework, plasterwork, schoolwork, teamwork.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Beadwork

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-k-o-r-w"
	-2 letters: barked, braked, browed, debark, redowa, warked, worked.
	-3 letters: abode, adobe, adore, ardeb, awoke, baked, baker, barde, bared, beard, board, bored, bowed, bower, brake, bread, break, broad, broke, debar, dewar, dobra, dower, drake, kebar, oared, orbed, oread, raked, robed, rowed, wader, waked, waker, wared, wreak.
	-4 letters: abed, aero, awed, bade, bake, bard, bare, bark, bawd, bead, beak, bear, boar, bode, bora, bore, brad, brae, braw, bred, brew, brow, darb, dare, dark, dawk, dear, doer, dore, dork, drab, draw, drek, drew, kbar, kerb, kore, odea, okra, orad, owed, rake, read, redo, road, robe, rode, wade, wake, ward, ware, wark, weak, wear, weka, woad, woke, word, wore, work.
	-5 letters: abo, ado, arb, are, ark, awe, bad, bar, bed, boa, bod, bow, bra, bro, dab, dak, daw, deb, dew, doe, dor, dow, ear, era, kab, kae, kea, koa, kob, kor, oak, oar, obe, ode, oka, oke, ora, orb, ore, owe, rad, raw, reb, red, rob, rod, roe, row, wab, wad, wae, war, web, wed, woe, wok.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-k-o-r-w"
	+1 letter: beadworks, breakdown.
	+2 letters: breakdowns.
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