Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slipstitch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
slip-stitch
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a kind of stitch that is passed from the left needle to the right needle without being knitted

noun

a stitch used to connect different parts of a work, achieved by pulling the thread through two non-adjacent loops

Etymology

From slip + stitch.

Inflected Forms

slipstitches (plural) slip stitch (alternative)

Questions

What does slipstitch mean?
a kind of stitch that is passed from the left needle to the right needle without being knitted
Where does slipstitch come from?
From slip + stitch.

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