- embellishment, embroidery - elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"
--1 is a kind of expansion, enlargement, elaboration
Derived form: verb embroider2 - embroidery, fancywork - decorative needlework
--2 is a kind of needlework, needlecraft
--2 has particulars:candlewick; crewelwork; cross-stitch; cutwork; drawnwork; hemstitch; needlepoint; sampler; smocking Derived form: verb embroider1