Usually means: Embroidery stitch securing edges, holes.
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  1. buttonhole stitch: Merriam-Webster
  2. buttonhole stitch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. buttonhole stitch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. buttonhole stitch: Collins English Dictionary
  5. buttonhole stitch: Vocabulary.com
  6. buttonhole stitch: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. buttonhole stitch: Dictionary.com
  8. Buttonhole stitch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. buttonhole stitch: Rhymezone
  10. buttonhole stitch: FreeDictionary.org
  11. buttonhole stitch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. buttonhole stitch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. buttonhole stitch: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (buttonhole stitch)

▸ noun:  a looped stitch used for edging buttonholes or pieces of material

Similar:
buttonhook, buttonholer, knop, fell stitch, stitch, hemstitch, chain stitch, pick stitch, hemmer, slipstitch, more...

Opposite:
blanket stitch, whip stitch, running stitch

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Similar:
buttonhook, buttonholer, knop, fell stitch, stitch, hemstitch, chain stitch, pick stitch, hemmer, slipstitch, more...

Opposite:
blanket stitch, whip stitch, running stitch



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