1
a
: a small cluster of elongated flexible outgrowths attached or close together at the base and free at the opposite ends
especially
: a growing bunch of grasses or close-set plants
b
: a bunch of soft fluffy threads cut off short and used as ornament
3
: mound
4
: any of the projections of yarns drawn through a fabric or making up a fabric so as to produce a surface of raised loops or cut pile
tufted; tufting; tufts
1
a
: to provide or adorn with a tuft
b
: to make (a fabric) of or with tufts
2
: to make (something, such as a mattress) firm by stitching at intervals and covering the depressions produced on the surface with tufts
: to form into or grow in tufts
tufter
noun
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