Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of velvet is as below...

Upholster :: Upholster (v. t.) To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains..

Velvetbreast :: Velvetbreast (n.) The goosander.

Trevat :: Trevat (n.) A weaver's cutting instrument; for severing the loops of the pile threads of velvet.

Velveret :: Velveret (n.) A kind of velvet having cotton back.

Jet :: "Jet (n.) A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber..

Velvet :: Velvet (n.) The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.

Corduroy :: Corduroy (n.) A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges..

Velvety :: Velvety (a.) Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate..

Velutinous :: Velutinous (a.) Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf..

Velvetleaf :: Velvetleaf (n.) A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennae, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein..

Pile :: Pile (n.) A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet..

Stilt :: Stilpnomelane (n.) A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina..

Terry :: Terry (n.) A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet, used for upholstery and trimmings..

Lure :: Lure (n.) A velvet smoothing brush.

Base :: Base (n.) A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower..

Mockado :: Mockado (n.) A stuff made in imitation of velvet; -- probably the same as mock velvet.

Tram :: Tram (n.) A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods..

Villus :: Villus (n.) Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet..

Velours :: Velours (n.) One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of velvet.

Mantilla :: Mantilla (n.) A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like..

Random Fonts

Most Popular