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🧊 A soft clump 🧊 To form clumps 🧵 To add soft fibers
to floc

to floc

9.9
To cover a surface with many short fibers for a soft feel
  • verb
  • /flɒk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : flocar
  • After the walls were flocced, the room had a much warmer and softer appearance.

Examples

  • The artist flocced the canvas with soft fibers.

  • You can floc the surface of the paper to create a unique textured effect for your project.

  • The craftsman flocced the jewelry box to give it a luxurious feel inside.

  • You can floc the surface to create a velvety texture.

  • The craftsman flocced the jewelry box to give it a luxurious feel inside.

  • After the walls were flocced, the room had a much warmer and softer appearance.

  • The artist flocced the canvas with soft fibers to enhance its texture.

Synonyms

to fluff
vsto floc
17 4.1

To make hair or fabric look fuller by brushing

cover a surface with short tufts to create a soft velvety texture

How Fuzzy

to floc
  • Specialized
9.9
to tuft
3 4.4
pile
4 5.8
smooth
1 5.8

Surface Forms

floc infinitive
flocced past
flocced past participle
floccing present participle
flocs third person singular

Etymology

Floc in crafts also links to Latin floccus, 'tuft', and it means to cover a surface with many small fibers, like adding soft 'fluff' to make a velvety feel. That's why to floc an object is to give it a soft, tufted texture by adding tiny fibers.