crochet needle
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- noun
- /kroʊˈʃeɪ ˈniːdəl/
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- At one time, Matilda's fingers had crocheted beautiful doilies in patterns so delicate that they looked like imported lace, but her fingers were so knobby and stiff she could no longer hold a crochet needle.
Examples
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All you need is some time, a crochet needle, and some yarn.
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To create a beautiful scarf, all you need is some yarn and a crochet needle.
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My mother taught me how to use a crochet needle to make colorful blankets.
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She carefully threaded the yarn through the hook of her crochet needle to start her project.
Synonyms
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A needle with a small hook at one end used to pull yarn through loops to make fabric
A small hooked tool used for making lace by hand
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'crochet' (the craft or fabric made with a hooked implement) with 'needle' (a sewing implement): it denotes the needle used for crochet. This noun–noun compounding follows common instrument-naming patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Crochet needle names a thin tool with a small hook used to pull yarn through loops. The word crochet comes from a French word that means 'small hook', and the needle part shows it is a thin tool for working yarn, so the name links the tool's hook to its job of making fabric.