Noun embroidery has 2 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
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