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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a thin tool made of steel with a hole at one end and a sharp point at the other end. You put thread through the hole. Needles are used for sewing.
I sewed the buttons on the shirt with a needle.
- similar words:
- pin
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| definition 2: |
a very thin metal tube with a sharp point. Doctors and nurses use this kind of needle to put medicine in or take out blood from the body.
The nurse drew my blood with a needle.
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| derivation: |
needlelike (adj.) |
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