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PRONUNCIATION OF TAILOR'S-TACK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAILOR'S-TACK

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Tailor's-Tack is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAILOR'S-TACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tailor's-tack in the English dictionary

The definition of tailor's-tack in the dictionary is one of a series of loose looped stitches used to transfer markings for seams, darts, etc, from a paper pattern to material.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAILOR'S-TACK

tailless
taillessness
tailleur
taillie
tailor
tailor-made
tailor-make
tailor´s
tailor´s chalk
tailor´s dummy
tailorbird
tailored
tailoress
tailoring
tailpiece
tailpipe
tailplane
tailrace
tails
tailskid

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAILOR'S-TACK

anxiety attack
arson attack
attack
Blu-tack
chimney stack
counterattack
Cuttack
haystack
heart attack
line of attack
on the wrong tack
panic attack
rocket attack
smokestack
stack
suicide attack
tack
the attack
thumbtack
tie-tack

Synonyms and antonyms of tailor's-tack in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «tailor's-tack» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of tailor's-tack to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tailor's-tack from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tailor's-tack» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tailor´s粘性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sastrería -Tack
570 millions of speakers

English

tailor´s-tack
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tailor´s कील
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

tailor´s تك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

tailor´s - галс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tailor´s -tack
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tailor´s-ট্যাক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tailor´s -tac
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tailor´s-tack
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schneider -tack
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tailor´sタック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tailor´s 압정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tailor´s-tack
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tailor´s dính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tailor´s-பிசுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिंप्याच्या कातडीचा ​​तुकडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tailor´s-tack
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tailor´s - tack
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tailor´s -tack
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tailor´s - галс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tailor´s - tac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tailor´s - tack
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tailor´s - ryg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tailor´s - klibb
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tailor´s - tack
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAILOR'S-TACK»

The term «tailor's-tack» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.586 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAILOR'S-TACK»

Discover the use of tailor's-tack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tailor's-tack and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Simply Successful Appliqué: Foolproof Techniques for Hand ...
A Tailor's Tack to Mark True North The background fabric needs to be oriented so the lengthwise grain (the direction of the selvage edge) is going vertically. This way the fabric will have the least amount of stretch when the block is placed in a ...
Jeanne Sullivan, 2012
2
No Time To Sew: Fast & Fabulous Patterns & Techniques For ...
Tracing paper or a water- or air-erasable marking pen works on most fabrics, but sometimes only a tailor's tack will show up. How to Make a 1 -Minute Tailor's Tack Interface the Vest Pattern Pieces 4 10 MINUTES After cutting. 4 Cut out your ...
Sandra Betzina, 1996
3
Threads Sewing Guide: A Complete Reference from America's ...
To make a tailor's tack, slit the pattern mark with the needle point. Then, with a double strand of thread, take crossed stitches through all layers, leaving long tails and a loop. remove the pattern tissue, separate the fabric layers, and clip the ...
Carol Jean Fresia, 2010
4
The Complete Book of Sewing Shortcuts
... 14, 42 tailor's tack, 54, 55 tape, 14 hook and loop, 157 iron-on hem, 89 tape finish, 89 tape measure, 12 tension discs, 17 tension regulators, 17 thimble, 13 thread, 15 bobbin, 30 elastic, 125, 126 needle, 30 thread chain, 25 thread elastic,  ...
Claire B. Shaeffer, 1981
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Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Sewing
Clip the threads between the layers of fabric, leaving a tailor's tack on each piece. PAD STITCHING: Similar to diagonal basting with shorter stitches, pad stitching is used to permanently secure interfacing to fashion fabric. This type of stitching ...
Donna Kooler, 2009
6
The Sewing Machine Classroom: Learn the Ins & Outs of Your ...
See Zigzag stitch Straight-of-grain, 26, 64, 154 Straight-stitch foot, 50, 51, 69 Stretch needle, 23 Sweatshirt fabric, 29 T Tacking stitches, 146 Taffeta, 30,31 Tailor's chalk, 33, 151 Tailor's tack defined, 154 fagoting with tailor tack foot, 101 foot, ...
Charlene Phillips, 2011
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A Practical Guide to Costume Mounting
Make sure the pencil impresses both panels and add balance marks as you work . The more balance marks used, the easier it will be to match up the seams (see Figure 3.16). 2. Mark the front of the cover with a tailor's tack, to distinguish it from  ...
Lara Flecker, 2013
8
Sew Basic: 34 Essential Skills for Sewing with Confidence
On raw edges that will be machine finished or "serged" (which hides most other marks), mark notches, dart lines, and seamline circles with the variation of a tailor's tack shown in the drawings on the facing page. To hold the threads in place ...
Threads Magazine, 2002
9
Haiti: The Lost Paradise
My living room and dining room were covered with boxes, bags, sacks, and containers full of items God's people had provided. Looking at the abundance filled me with humility and gratitude. Someone donated a tailor's tack. It requires special ...
Lynda Criswell, 2010
10
Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India
... Roof A roof of mud laid on beams; or of thatch, &c. ,, Scoundrel, a limp and fatuous knave. ,, Seam (sildi) is the tailor's tack for trying on. A pucka Brick is a properly kiln-burnt brick. ,, House is of burnt brick or stone with lime, and generally with ...
Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell, Kate Teltscher, 2013

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« EDUCALINGO. Tailor's-Tack [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tailors-tack>. May 2024 ».
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