🧵 A dense fabric 🧵 To cover with fabric 🧶 To mat fibers

felt

4 4.4

A cloth made by pressing and matting wool fibers together without weaving

noun
/fɛlt/

: fieltro

She purchased some colorful felt to make decorations for the party.

Examples

Next, take your green felt and cut out tiny leaves.
DIY Decor: How to Make a Felt Garland

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And I have some felt, so let's measure it.
The first thing you will need are felt stripes, ready made.
All right, I'm going to try using two pieces of felt for my placemats.
DIY Felt Tablet Sleeve

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DIY Decor: Felt Garland

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The craft store sells various colors of felt for your sewing projects.
We need to buy some felt to create warm hats this winter.

Synonyms

fabric

vsfelt

252 1.0

Cloth made by weaving or knitting fibers used for clothes and curtains

is produced by compressing animal fibers rather than by weaving or knitting

cloth

vsfelt

215 1.0

A piece of material made by joining threads together and used for making clothes or for cleaning

is created by compressing animal fibers into a dense material without weaving

textile

vsfelt

60 2.8

A cloth made from fibres used for clothes and home items

is a single material made by compressing animal fibers without weaving

felting

vsfelt

1 4.6

A soft dense cloth made by pressing wool or other fibers together for lining and padding

is made specifically by compressing animal fibers without weaving

Compounds

felt tip

2 3.0

A pen with a soft cloth tip used for drawing or coloring

felt hat

1 2.4

A hat made from soft wool with a crease in the top

felt-tip pen

1 2.1

A pen with a soft felt tip for writing or drawing

felt-tipped pen

1 3.0

A tool for writing or drawing with a soft tip that makes bold lines

black felt cup

9.9

A small black, cup-shaped mushroom that grows on dead wood in damp forests

felt fern

9.5

A green plant from East Asia with soft leaves shaped like tongues

felt fungus

9.9

A soft, felt-like white growth on twigs and branches, often on orange trees

How Dense

felt

4 4.4

wool

140 1.0

cotton

115 1.0

muslin

Specialized

9 3.8

lace

79 2.0

Surface Forms

felt singular

felts plural

Etymology

Felt is named after an old word for a 'mat' of wool made by pressing fibres together rather than weaving, so it gives the image of wool all stuck into one piece. That is why felt today means the soft, matted cloth used for hats, tables, and crafts.