Needle

Needle stands for:

• Needle tool with a pointed end, eg, sewing needle, crochet hook
• Needle leaves of conifers
• Needle, part of a turntable system; see pickups

Needle is in the broader sense or as a shorthand for:

• Rock needle, individually and in isolation from other rocks or groups of rocks standing rock, which has a pointed shape.
• Pipefish, family relatively small and well camouflaged, slender bony fish
• The rolling elements in a needle roller bearings

Needle is a surname:

• Arno Nadel (1878-1943), German - Jewish poet, translator, artist, composer and conductor
• Arthur H. Nadel (1921-1990), American film director, film producer, screenwriter and editor
• Barbara Nadel, British writer
• Lynn Nadel ( born 1942 ), American neuroscientist
• Siegfried needle Ferdinand (1903-1956; Siegfried Frederick needle or needle Fred ), in Austria born British musicologist, psychologist and social anthropologist

See also:

• The needle

• Disambiguation