tuft

About 0.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
2. noun A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
3. noun A small clump of trees or bushes.
4. noun A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
5. noun A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
6. verb To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
7. verb To form into tufts.
8. verb To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. This hinders the stuffing from moving.

Similar words

tussock wisp clump cluster lock flock tuft-taffeta plume turra pouf

Often followed by

of on at and is or in to from

Word family

tufted tufter tufters tuftier tuftiest tufting tufts tufty