felt

  • 11felt — [1] ► NOUN ▪ cloth made by rolling and pressing wool or another suitable textile accompanied by the application of moisture or heat, which causes the fibres to mat together. ► VERB 1) mat together or become matted. 2) cover with felt. ORIGIN Old… …

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  • 12felt — past and past part of FEEL …

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  • 13felt|ed — «FEHL tihd», adjective. 1. matted together by or as if by felting. 2. Botany. composed of closely interwoven filaments or hyphae …

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  • 14Felt — For other uses, see Felt (disambiguation). Felt is a non woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing woollen fibres. While some types of felt are very soft, some are tough enough to form construction materials. Felt can be of …

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  • 15felt — 1. noun /fɛlt/ a) A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of …

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  • 16felt pt — Of all the felt I ever felt, I never felt a piece of felt which felt as fine as that felt felt, when first I felt that felt hat s felt. asphalt n …

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  • 17felt — {{11}}felt (n.) O.E. felt, from W.Gmc. *feltaz something beaten, compressed wool (Cf. O.S. filt, M.Du. vilt, O.H.G. filz, Ger. Filz, Dan. filt), from P.Gmc. *felt to beat, from PIE *pel to thrust, strike, drive (Cf. O.C.S. plusti), with a sense …

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  • 18felt — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German filz felt, Latin pellere to drive, beat Date: before 12th century 1. a. a cloth made of wool and fur often mixed with natural or synthetic fibers through the action of… …

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  • 19felt — felt1 /felt/, v. pt. and pp. of feel. felt2 /felt/, n. 1. a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure. 2. any article made of this material, as a hat. 3. any matted fabric or material, as a mat… …

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  • 20felt — I. /fɛlt / (say felt) verb past tense and past participle of feel. II. /fɛlt / (say felt) noun 1. a non woven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by pressure. 2. any matted fabric or material. –adjective 3. relating to or made of felt.… …