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Word entry · 6 letters

velvet

Best crossword clue

"Soft plush fabric"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈvɛlvɪt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted eeltvvStarts with VEnds with T2 cluesVery common crossword word
1V2E3L4V5E6T

Definitions

  1. resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface

Word origin

From Middle English velvet, velwet, veluet, from Old Occitan veluet, from Vulgar Latin *villutittus, diminutive of villūtus, from Latin villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”). Cognate with French velours.

Used in a sentence

  • His [a hart's] head when it commeth firſt out, hath a ruſſet pyll vpon it, the which is called Veluet, […]
  • Penmachno mill is situate where a stream has furrowed a deep channel, and velveted the rocks with the richest mosses […].
  • Last week the scaffolds were up in the hall once more. This time the back wall is to be velveted in absorbent fiber glass […]

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Soft plush fabric6 letters
02Soft fabric6 letters

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