Complete Definition of "tuft"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|t�ft
rhymes|�ft

Noun
en-noun

  1. A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
  2. A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
  3. A small clump of trees or bushes.
  4. context|formerly A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
  5. A person entitled to wear such a tassel.

Translations
trans-top|bunch
Dutch: t|nl|pluk|m, t|nl|bundel|m
French: touffe f
Italian: cespo m, ciuffo m
trans-mid
Spanish: italbrac|hair mechón m, t-|nl|feathers penacho m, t-|nl|grass manojo m
trans-bottom

trans-top|cluster of threads
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|clump of trees
Dutch: t|nl|bosje|n, t|nl|bomengroep|m
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|gold tassel
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|person wearing the tassel
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

  1. transitive To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
  2. transitive To form into tufts.
  3. transitive To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts.
  4. intransitive To be formed into tufts.

Translations
trans-top|provide with tufts
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|form into tufts
Dutch: t|nl|bundelen
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|secure with tufts
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|be formed into tufts
trans-mid
trans-bottom

fa:tuft
io:tuft
id:tuft
no:tuft
pl:tuft
ru:tuft
te:tuft
vi:tuft

Revision and Credits for"tuft"
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.