Tuft

  • 41tuft-hunted — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : sought out by tuft hunters …

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  • 42tuft-hunter — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: tuft (I) (sense 4) : one that seeks association with persons of title or high social status : snob …

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  • 43tuft — Synonyms and related words: Vandyke, bang, bangs, batch, beard, beaver, bristles, bunch, clump, cluster, copse, crest, crop, down, feather, fetlock, fleck, flock, forelock, fringe, goatee, group, grouping, groupment, grove, growth, hackle,… …

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  • 44tuft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cluster, clump, wisp, bunch, brush; tussock; fetlock, topknot, crest. See roughness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. clump, cluster, group; see bunch 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. clump of hair,… …

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  • 45tuft — see TOFF …

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  • 46tuft — tÊŒft n. clump of trees or bushes; cluster tied together or fixed at their base and loose at the opposite end (feathers, threads, etc.); tassel worn on the cap of titled undergraduates of English universities in former times v. form or attach… …

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  • 47tuft — n. 1. Knot, bunch. 2. Cluster, group, clump. 3. Crest, plume. 4. (Bot.) Capitulum …

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  • 48tuft — noun (C) a bunch of hair, feathers, grass etc growing or held closely together at their base: a few scrawny goats chewing at tufts of grass …

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  • 49Tuft — 15th century name for tassel …

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  • 50tuft — n 1. bunch, cluster, clump, thatch, batch, wisp; brush, pompon, plume, tassel, feather, Ornith. plumule; knot, topknot, knob, crest, scalp lock, elf lock, pompadour, shock, forelock, cowlick, mop. 2. thicket, copse, grove, Chiefly Brit. coppice,… …

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