tuft
Meaning of tuft
noun
- a bunch or collection of threads, grass, hair, etc., held or growing together at the base.
scrubby tufts of grass
- provide with a tuft or tufts.
the fringe can be tasselled or tufted
- strengthen (upholstery) by passing a cluster of threads through the material, so making depressions at regular intervals.
late Middle English: probably from Old French tofe, of unknown origin. The final -t is typical of phonetic confusion between -f and -ft at the end of words; compare with graft1.
Information about tuft
- The plural form of tuft is: tufts.
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Hyphenation of tuft
tuft
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- tuft is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
tuft synonyms
Meaning tussock:
Meaning a small group of trees or plants growing closely together:
Meaning a number of things, typically of the same kind, growing or fastened together:
Meaning a fastening made by looping a piece of string, rope, or something similar on itself and tightening it:
Meaning a group of similar things or people positioned or occurring closely together:
Meaning a tuft or clump of something:
Meaning a mechanism for keeping a door, window, lid, or container fastened, typically operated by a key:
Meaning a small thin or twisted bunch, piece, or amount of something:
Meaning a comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal:
Meaning a knot of hair arranged on the top of the head:
Meaning a tuft of loosely hanging threads or cords knotted at one end and attached for decoration to soft furnishings, clothing, or other items:
Meaning a small clump of material that resembles a tuft of wool:
Meaning a small egg-shaped lobe on the undersurface of the cerebellum:
Meaning a tuft of wool or similar clump of fibres or filaments:
Meaning a fine textile fibre and fabric of flax:
Meaning a prolonged state of deep unconsciousness, caused especially by severe injury or illness:
Meaning the tuft of hairs on each seed of thistles, dandelions, and similar plants, which assists dispersal by the wind:
Meaning a small brushlike tuft of hairs on some insects, especially that on which pollen collects on the leg of a bee:
Meaning flamboyant confidence of style or manner:
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