Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a tuft or tufts; especially, crested: as, the tufted duck.
- Formed into a tuft or cluster; growing in tufts; tufty: as, tufted moss; tufted structure in mineralogy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Adorned with a tuft.
- adjective Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty.
- adjective (Zoöl.), [Local, U. S.] the ring-necked duck.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
tufts . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tuft .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination
- adjective (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts
- adjective having or adorned with tufts
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Examples
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Wholesalers were treated to a circular room swathed in tufted pink satin.
Lesley M. M. Blume: ICON OF STYLE SERIES: Lilly Daché (PHOTOS) Lesley M. M. Blume 2010
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Wholesalers were treated to a circular room swathed in tufted pink satin.
Lesley M. M. Blume: ICON OF STYLE SERIES: Lilly Daché (PHOTOS) Lesley M. M. Blume 2010
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To abandon the pink-and-white bloom that slept all night without crying in the cove of her arm, to the grayness of a nursery that should have been pink and white and sweetly fragrant with powders and puffs and the rosy kind of tufted coverlets with scent between them that her mother had once sewn over with bowknots for the Kemble baby.
Star-Dust Fannie Hurst 1928
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The latter we were far too poor to own; the 'tufted' ones had worn out; and I loathed the cheap
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The design elements include gentlemen's classics such as tufted wing chairs, antique lighting, Venetian glass mirrors and velvet seats with carved and gilded details.
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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The design elements include gentlemen's classics such as tufted wing chairs, antique lighting, Venetian glass mirrors and velvet seats with carved and gilded details.
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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If the branches are dusted like powdered sugar, there's no problem; tufted like a large marshmallow, I'll put my boots on; piled high and lofty like meringue, I'd better call the office hotline to find out whether or not I need to go to work.
Saveur: 11 Snowy Desserts Saveur 2011
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For a unique twist to the ceremony seating, I had beautiful white tufted sofas interspersed with traditional white chairs, creating an eclectic yet comfortable setting.
My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011
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Traipsing along the tufted surface, peaty water swirling rainbows beside my boots more vivid than any I'd seen in the far off sky, I swung the furry body at my side.
Acceptance Gill Hoffs 2011
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If the branches are dusted like powdered sugar, there's no problem; tufted like a large marshmallow, I'll put my boots on; piled high and lofty like meringue, I'd better call the office hotline to find out whether or not I need to go to work.
Saveur: 11 Snowy Desserts Saveur 2011
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