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Synonyms for tufted


Grammar : Adj
Spell : tuhf-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʌf tɪd



Définition of tufted

Origin :
  • late 14c., perhaps from Old French touffe "tuft of hair," either from Late Latin tufa "a kind of crest on a helmet" (also found in Late Greek toupha), or from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German zopf, Old Norse toppr "tuft, summit;" see top (n.1)).
  • adj feathery
Example sentences :
  • Carefully they explored the bushes, and surveyed each clump of tufted trees.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • There is a fire of autumn colour in the tufted woods that embosom Fernilea.
  • Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
  • Sometimes she thought she was picking berries on the tufted coverlet.
  • Extract from : « Little Prudy » by Sophie May
  • The tip of its tail is tufted with black hair, which is rather long and bushy.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
  • Aunt Charlotte finished them off at the wrists with a tufted border.
  • Extract from : « The Twin Cousins » by Sophie May
  • He leaned back against the tufted arm and stretched himself.
  • Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms
  • The style is tufted on one side, and the pods are smooth and erect.
  • Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
  • The leaves are in clusters of five and are tufted at the ends of the branches.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
  • The three tufted hens, like three highwaymen, were close upon her.
  • Extract from : « The Nursery, July 1881, Vol. XXX » by Various
  • That's the hair-dresser scent of that fop, with his tufted top-piece.
  • Extract from : « The Quest » by Frederik van Eeden

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