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crochet

cro·chet [ krō sháy ]


noun 
Definition:
 
type of knitting using hook: a form of needlework used to make clothes or decorative items from wool or thick stiff thread by looping the wool or thread through itself with a hooked needle crochet hook



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle cro·cheted [ krō sháyd ], present participle cro·chet·ing [ krō sháy ing ], 3rd person present singular cro·chets [ krō sháyz ])
Definition:
 
use crochet to make something: to make something using the technique of crochet

[Mid-19th century. < French, literally "little hook" < croche "hook" < Germanic]

cro·chet·er [ krō sháy ər ] noun
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