Needle Piece ˈniːdl Thread Thin Point End Metal

• a needle and thread
• the eye (= hole) of a needle
• knitting needles
• a hypodermic needle

needle

1. a small thin piece of steel that you use for sewing, with a point at one end and a hole for the thread at the other
• see also pins and needles
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pins-and-needles
• a needle and thread
• the eye (= hole) of a needle
2. a long thin piece of plastic or metal with a point at one end that you use for knitting. You usually use two together.
• knitting needles
3. a very thin, pointed piece of steel used on the end of a syringe for putting a drug into somebody’s body, or for taking blood out of it
• a hypodermic needle
4. a thin piece of metal on a scientific instrument that moves to point to the correct measurement or direction
• The compass needle was pointing north.
5. the thin, hard, pointed leaf of a pine tree
6. the very small pointed piece of metal that touches a record that is being played in order to produce the sound
• synonym stylus
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/stylus
7. a thing that is almost impossible to find
• Searching for one man in this city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Extra Examples

• He believes that needle exchange schemes encourage drug addiction.
• He saw her stick a needle into her arm.
• Looking for one man in a city this size is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
• She lowered the needle onto the record.
• She sewed it on with needle and thread.
• She winced when she felt the needle pierce her skin.
• The gramophone needle stuck in a groove.
• The needle moved away from the wind.
• The needle went in easily.
• Wait until the needle settles and is pointing in one direction.
• a needle holding two stitches
• needle exchange programs
• the dangers of sharing needles

Word Origin

• Old English nǣdl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naald and German Nadel, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nere ‘to spin’ and Greek nēma ‘thread’.