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Word: tuft
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
- A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
- A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
- A small clump of trees or bushes.
- historical A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
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Verb:
- intransitive To be formed into tufts.
- transitive To form into tufts.
- transitive To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
- transitive To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts.
Source: Wiktionary
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