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# How to pronounce "needle work" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ˈniː.dəl.wɚk/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **need·le·work**
- **Stress**: **NEED** — say this syllable louder and longer
- **Native Audio**: [Listen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-needlework.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-needlework.wav.mp3)

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- The art or process of working with a needle especially in embroidery or needlepoint.
- The product of such art or process.

### Example Sentences
- "needle work much more has helped alter the shape of art itself and at 84 she is"
- "needle work and so we would cook but you know it was good and Friday night was all when we're all together in the"

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "needle work" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "played a key role in changing that chudy Chicago's painting sculpture photography needle work much more has helped alter the shape of art itself and at 84 she is getting her first major Museum survey here in New York at a new Museum show that's just brimming with color and generosity and Imagination it's really"
- **Watch at 12:56**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XHn7oVaFUA&t=776s)

### Example 2
*Accent: AUS*
> "needle work and so we would cook but you know it was good and Friday night was all when we're all together in the"
- **Watch at 18:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muht2UekD0E&t=1090s)

### Example 3
> "Are you about joining people in solidarity, or do you want to be the savior, which often isn't very ethical? But doing needle work together, as well, extroverts and introverts and ambivert -- everyone's on the scale in different places -- because it's a quiet, slow form of activism, it really helps introverts be heard in other areas, where they are often not heard."
- **Watch at 5:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coHWLitlm-U&t=333s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "sorts of needle work writing arithmetic Etc and observing that I took a more than ordinary Delight in Reading ingenious books he gave me the free use"
- **Watch at 2:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TOrDj9Yiis&t=143s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "twined linen rought with needle work and thou shalt make for the Hanging Five Pillars of shittim wood and overlay them with gold and their hooks shall be of"
- **Watch at 121:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeL9Tpmf0b4&t=7284s)

### Example 6
*Accent: AUS*
> "some uh uh needle work on uh copra"
- **Watch at 6:44**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mctdvqjxtkI&t=404s)

### Example 7
> "at the time of our interview she was doing freelance work for several major newspapers including the New York Times And The Guardian her goals were to increase her client base and improve her needle work skills she did get those new clients and"
- **Watch at 1:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WwRl1DF4AM&t=103s)

### Example 8
*Accent: US*
> "Scarlet and fine twined linen of needle work and the five pillars of it with their Hooks and he overlaid their chapers and their fillets with gold but"
- **Watch at 177:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeL9Tpmf0b4&t=10635s)

### Example 9
> "for girls there were around 400 of us Muslims and Christians we all lived together in one building we always felt like sisters they learned a great deal from the deaconesses order discipline singing needle work and cleanliness as well as devotion love trust and loyalty at the school there were also eight beding girls from one family one of them was Fatima Fatima was"
- **Watch at 3:30**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5nQxk9jjhM&t=210s)

### Example 10
> "Barons because they don't embroider day in day out like the prison I'm here at the Royal School of needle work in Hampton Court all the pieces of the magnata that been done in um different places have all come together and they've all been stitched together and now we're putting on the Side Bar and hand stitching this kind of piece of piping All Along The Edge which is"
- **Watch at 18:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGtS2oX-Rao&t=1080s)


## How to Pronounce "needle work"

- **Syllables**: need · le · work
- **Stress**: NEED — say this syllable louder and longer
- **IPA**: `/ˈniː.dəl.wɚk/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed /NEED/ in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[needle](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/needle), [work](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/work)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “needle work”?
“needle work” is pronounced /ˈniː.dəl.wɚk/ (need · le · work). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “needle work”?
“needle work” has 3 syllables: need · le · work.

### Where is the stress in “needle work”?
The primary stress in “needle work” is on “NEED”. Listen for that stressed syllable in the clips above.

### What does “needle work” mean?
The art or process of working with a needle especially in embroidery or needlepoint.

### How can I hear “needle work” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “needle work” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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