beading

Plural: beadings

Noun

• Decorative work made of beads.
• ornamentation with beads
• a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
• A decorative, ornamental molding often used to conceal a joint.
• beadwork
• The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors.
• A Samburu ceremony in which a father gives a necklace to his daughter.

Verb

• form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
• decorate by sewing beads onto
• string together like beads
• present participle and gerund of bead

Examples

• BEADING is a higher-scoring play than simply adding an S to BEAD.

Synonyms

astragal, bead, beadwork