Definitions for cross-stitch

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Spelling: [kraws-stich, kros-]
IPA: /ˈkrɔsˌstɪtʃ, ˈkrɒs-/

Cross-Stitch is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 329 anagrams from letters in cross-stitch (-cchiorssstt).

Definitions for cross-stitch

noun

  1. a stitch in which pairs of diagonal stitches of the same length cross each other in the middle to form an X .
  2. embroidery or needlepoint done with this stitch.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to work in cross-stitch.

Origin of cross-stitch

First recorded in 1700-10

Examples for cross-stitch

I will send you up some pretty silk for the covers, and you might cross-stitch a little motto if you liked.

She could do plain sewing and overcast, cross-stitch and hem-stitch.

The Commandments, which the wreath enframes, are worked in cross-stitch.

It is made with cross-stitch embroidery on burlap, silk, or wool canvas.

cross-stitch it in a shade darker than the gingham or in white or red.

In making up flannel, back-stitch and run the seams, and then cross-stitch them open.

The cross-stitch "tidy" on the back was his mother's handiwork, she had made it when she was fifteen.

The stitch used for the samplers was usually the cross-stitch (Fig. 87).

She began to work in cross-stitch upon a wreath of tulips and roses.

The leaves and cover may be sewed together with a cross-stitch.

Word Value for cross-stitch
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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