crochet

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: cro=chet

CIDE DICTIONARY

crochet, n. [F. crochet small hook. See Croche.].

 A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.  [1913 Webster]

Crochet hook, Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.

crochet, v. t. & i. 

 To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

crochet, n. & v.
--n.
1 a handicraft in which yarn is made up into a patterned fabric by means of a hooked needle.
2 work made in this way.
--v. (crocheted; crocheting)
1 tr. make by crocheting.
2 intr. do crochet.

Derivative

crocheter n.

Etymology

F, dimin. of croc hook