Definitions for tufted

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tufted tuft·ed

Spelling: [tuhf-tid]

IPA: /ˈtʌf tɪd/

Tufted is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in tufted (defttu).

Definitions for tufted

noun

1. a bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper ends.
2. a cluster of short, fluffy threads, used to decorate cloth, as for a bedspread, robe, bath mat, or window curtain.
3. a cluster of cut threads, used as a decorative finish attached to the tying or holding threads of mattresses, quilts, upholstery, etc.
4. a covered or finished button designed for similar use.
5. a cluster of short-stalked flowers, leaves, etc., growing from a common point.
6. a small clump of bushes, trees, etc.
7. a gold tassel on the cap formerly worn at English universities by titled undergraduates.
8. a titled undergraduateat an English university.

adjective

1. furnished or decorated with tufts.
2. formed into or growing in a tuft or tufts.

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
2. to arrange in a tuft or tufts.
3. Upholstery. to draw together (a cushion or the like) by passing a thread through at regular intervals, the depressions thus produced being usually ornamented with tufts or buttons.

verb (used without object)

1. to form into or grow in a tuft or tufts.

Origin of tufted

First recorded in 1600-10; tuft + -ed³

Examples for tufted

The tip of its tail is tufted with black hair, which is rather long and bushy.

Carefully they explored the bushes, and surveyed each clump of tufted trees.

There is a fire of autumn colour in the tufted woods that embosom Fernilea.

There are oversized chandeliers, lots of tufted red-velvet upholstery and some damask wallpaper.

Aunt Charlotte finished them off at the wrists with a tufted border.

There is a cozy clubroom with a pool table and a tufted leather couch.

The leaves are in clusters of five and are tufted at the ends of the branches.

Sometimes she thought she was picking berries on the tufted coverlet.

He leaned back against the tufted arm and stretched himself.

The style is tufted on one side, and the pods are smooth and erect.