Definition of tufts Tufts
/tʌˈfts/ - [tufts] -
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What does tufts mean?
Wiktionary 
- tufts (Noun)
Plural of tuft.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: tufts |
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| tuft - a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass | ||
| tussock | ||
| cluster, clustering, bunch, clump any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" | ||
| wisp a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair" | ||
| hexenbesen, staghead, witch broom, witches' broom an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance | ||
| tuft - a bunch of feathers or hair | ||
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Wiktionary
- tuft (Noun)
A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc. , held together at the base. - tuft (Noun)
A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc. , to secure and strengthen the padding. - tuft (Noun)
A small clump of trees or bushes. - tuft (Noun)
A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities. - tuft (Noun)
A person entitled to wear such a tassel. - tuft (Verb)
To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts. - tuft (Verb)
To form into tufts. - tuft (Verb)
To secure and strengthen a mattress, quilt, etc. with tufts. - tuft (Verb)
To be formed into tufts.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tuft (n.)
A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers. - tuft (n.)
A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants. - tuft (n.)
A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the English universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap worn by them. - tuft (v. t.)
To separate into tufts. - tuft (v. t.)
To adorn with tufts or with a tuft. - tuft (v. i.)
To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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tuft
A collection of, mostly quite many, small, thin, long, bendable, identical items, growing, standing, or being held parallel, such as grass, hair, herbs, feathers, etc.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tuft
tuft, n. a green knoll: a grove, clump. [A.S toft—Ice. topt, tupt, a piece of ground.] -
tuft
tuft, n. a number of small things in a knot: a cluster: a dense head of flowers: (university slang) a titled undergraduate, from the tuft or tassel in the cap: an imperial.—v.t. to separate into tufts: to adorn with tufts.—adjs. Tuft′ed, Tuft′y.—ns. Tuft′-hunt′er, one over-eager to form acquaintance with persons of rank or consequence: a mean hanger-on of the great; Tuft′-hunt′ing, the practice of a tuft-hunter. [O. Fr. tuffe (Fr. touffe), from the Teut., as Low Ger. topp, Ger. zopf.]
