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Word: Intarsia
Speech Type: Noun
from Italian intarsio; in intarsia (sense 2) superseding earlier tarsia (from Italian, ‘marquetry’); the knitting term dates from the mid 19th century
ɪnˈtɑːsɪə
a method of knitting with a number of colours, in which a separate length or ball of yarn is used for each area of colour (as opposed to different yarns being carried at the back of the work)
Short Definition:method of knitting with several colours, in which separate length or ball of yarn is used for each area of colour
Examples:- an intarsia design
an elaborate form of marquetry using inlays in wood, especially as practised in 15th-century Italy.
Short Definition:elaborate form of marquetry using inlays in wood
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