tuft

tuft is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers.
2. noun. A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.
3. noun. A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the English universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap worn by them.
4. transitive verb. To separate into tufts.
5. transitive verb. To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.
6. intransitive verb. To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.
7. noun. a bunch of feathers or hair
8. noun. a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass

   Synonyms: tussock

Synonyms

tussock

Common word forms

tufts, tufted, tufter, tufting

Words from these letters

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