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tuft::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tussock |
| Type of | clump, cluster, clustering, bunch |
| Has types | coma, hexenbesen, staghead, wisp, witch broom, witches' broom |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | crest |
Examples of tuft
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Natural and synthetic brushes are sold with the tuft shaped for different tasks.
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Horseradish grows like a carrot, with a green tuft above ground and a root below.
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He pulled another from his pocket and shoved it into a tuft of overgrown grass.
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From the cusp areoles arises a tuft of soft, yellowish or whitish woolly hairs.
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Quest darted into a tuft of tall grasses, but Elvis looked daintily uninterested.
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The thumb, however, did not yet bear a separately movable tuft of stiff feathers.
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Thus, during resting, only a small part of the whole claw tuft area is in contact.
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Opposite the mouth is a prominent grouping of long cilia known as the apical tuft.
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Hair was kept long with a thick tuft of hair on the top tied up with a ribbon.
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- A bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
- Tufting is a type of textile weaving in which a thread is inserted on a primary base. It is an ancient technique for making warm garments, especially mittens. ...
- In the aviation field, the term tuft refers to a strip of yarn or string of varying length (typically ~6" long) attached to an aircraft surface in a grid pattern and imaged during flight. ...
- Tuft is a surname, and may refer to: *Svein Tuft, bicycle racer *Gabe Tuft, American professional wrestler *Arne Tuft (1911-1989), Norwegian cross country skier
- Tufts University is a private research university in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. The university is home to the nation's oldest graduate school of international relations, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
- (Tufts (surname)) Tufts is a surname, and may refer to: * Charles Tufts * James Tufts * James Hayden Tufts * James Walker Tufts * Otis Tufts * Patrick Tufts * Peter Tufts * Richard Tufts * Robert Tufts * Sonny Tufts * Terry Tuftsn* Warren Tufts
- A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base; A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc. ...
- (Tufts) A short cluster of yarn, attached close together at the base of the primary backing
- (Tufts) Small clusters of fur at the tips of the ears or between the toes of some cats, more common in longhaired cats
