Tuft
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tʌft/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tuft is a noun meaning A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
Meaning
A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
More Meanings
- A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
- A small clump of trees or bushes.
- (transitive) To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
- (transitive) To form into tufts.
- (transitive) To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. This hinders the stuffing from moving.
- (historical) A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
- (historical) A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
Example Sentences
His tufted cottage rising through the snow
Several young tufts, and others of the faster men.
They're never gonna get that Ottoman tufted in time!
“Not far from this place, there is a tuft of about a dozen of tall beeches […].”
Word Forms
- tufts
- tufting
- tufted
Synonyms for tuft
Depending on context, synonyms include tussock.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tussock, wisp, clump, cluster, lock, flock.
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