Needle
nounid
97291·updated May 16, 2026“Needle” is retired. It does not tag in any document, it is excluded from the anchor pack, and it does not hold its lemma — so another term can take it.
deprecated
a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
No variants recorded
This term has no surface-form variants in the lexicon yet, so it tags only its canonical form.
Framework definitions
- §1
- a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
- §2
- a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
- §3
- a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
- §4
- the leaf of a conifer
Outgoing relationships
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Incoming relationships
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