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Word: tuft (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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.

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