Definitions for Velvet

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Velvet vel·vet

Spelling: [vel-vit]

IPA: /ˈvɛl vɪt/

Velvet is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in Velvet (eeltvv).

Definitions for Velvet

noun

1. a fabric of silk, nylon, acetate, rayon, etc., sometimes having a cotton backing, with a thick, soft pile formed of loops of the warp thread either cut at the outer end or left uncut.
2. something likened to the fabric velvet, as in softness or texture:
3. the soft, deciduous covering of a growing antler.
4. Informal. a very pleasant, luxurious, desirable situation.
5. Informal. money gained through gambling; winnings. clear gain or profit, especially when more than anticipated.

adjective

1. Also, velveted. made of velvet or covered with velvet.
2. Also, velvetlike. resembling or suggesting velvet; smooth; soft; velvety:

Origin of Velvet

1275-1325; Middle English velvet, veluet, veluwet Old French veluotte, equivalent to velu (Medieval Latin vil(l)ūtus; Latin vill(us) shaggy nap (cf. villus) + Late

Examples for Velvet

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Collared dresses resembled prep school outfits from centuries past, while velvet dresses screamed royal offspring.

They were dark, luminous and velvet soft as they watched my struggle.

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She had no gloves, and a bit of the velvet binding of her skirt was loose.

See to the broadcloth and velvet that the rogues bear upon their backs!

There were other and still other banners, in velvet or in satin, balanced at the end of gilded batons.