Definitions for tufting

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tufting tuft·ing

Spelling: [tuhf-ting]

IPA: /ˈtʌf tɪŋ/

Tufting is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in tufting (fginttu).

Definitions for tufting

noun

1. the act or process of making tufts.
2. tufts collectively, especially as decoration.
3. 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.
4. a cluster of short, fluffy threads, used to decorate cloth, as for a bedspread, robe, bath mat, or window curtain.
5. a cluster of cut threads, used as a decorative finish attached to the tying or holding threads of mattresses, quilts, upholstery, etc.
6. a covered or finished button designed for similar use.
7. a cluster of short-stalked flowers, leaves, etc., growing from a common point.
8. a small clump of bushes, trees, etc.
9. a gold tassel on the cap formerly worn at English universities by titled undergraduates.
10. a titled undergraduateat an English university.

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 tufting

First recorded in 1545-55; tuft + -ing¹

Examples for tufting

As with silks, brocaded in different colours, therefore never use chintz where a chair or sofa calls for tufting.