Bead

A bead is a small, decorative object that is pierced for threading or stringing.

Related Topics:
Thread - String

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Beads range in size from under a millimeter to over a centimeter. Glass, plastic, and stone are probably the most common materials, but beads are also made from the seeds of the Bead tree, and also from bone, metal, resin, wood, clay, felt, paper, and other materials.

Related Topics:
Millimeter - Centimeter - Glass - Plastic - Stone - Material - Seed - Bead tree - Bone - Metal - Resin - Wood - Clay - Felt - Paper

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Beadwork is the craft of making things with beads.

Related Topics:
Beadwork - Craft

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Types of glass beads include:

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• Lampwork beads -- technique of glass modelling
• Millefiori -- putting little pieces of colored glass into a glass pane to form a picture
• Pressed glass beads
• Slave beads -- a currency in African trade in the old times

Other types:

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• Anal beads -- a sex toy
• Chevron bead -- a kind of a painted bead, traditional African jewelery
• Fire-polish beads
• Seed beads -- a generic term for a small jewelery bead
• Prayer beads