Associations to the word «Embroidery»

Wiktionary

EMBROIDERY, noun. The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
EMBROIDERY, noun. A piece of embroidered fabric.
EMBROIDERY, noun. The elaboration of an account etc. with details, especially when fictitious.

Dictionary definition

EMBROIDERY, noun. Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings".
EMBROIDERY, noun. Decorative needlework.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats