darning needle

Contents

English

Alternative forms

• dining needle (insect)

Noun

darning needle (plural darning needles)

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: A needle used for darning.
2. A large needle used for darning.
3. A damselfly, or a dragonfly that resembles one.

Synonyms

• (needle for repair by sewing): tapestry needle, crewel needle

Translations

needle for darning

• Dutch: stopnaald (nl) m, f
• Finnish: parsinneula
• Irish: snáthaid chléithe f, snáthaid dearnála f

• Russian: што́пальная игла́ f (štópalʹnaja iglá)
• Swedish: stoppnål c

damselfly — see damselfly