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Tuft
- Noun.
- A bunch of feathers, grass, hair, etc., held together at the base.
- A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress, a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
- A small clump of trees or bushes.
- (Formerly) A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
- A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
- Verb transitive.
- To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
- To form or be formed into tufts.
- To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts.
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