tuft
16
3.5
- noun
- /tʌft/
:
mechón
- I remember there was moss and little tufts of grass growing between the rocks.
- tufts of hair
- tufts of grass
- tufts of red
And anyway, the the hair had basically matted that badly into the extension wefts that it was like a carpet at the back of my head like a tuft.
- And anyway, the the hair had basically matted that badly into the extension wefts that it was like a carpet at the back of my head like a tuft.
- If you have that little tuft and you can see that, that's fine.
- Shiitakes Enoki which kind of white Tufts of mushrooms with thin slender slender stalks.
- This depends on where this sits because this might be sitting or this little hole maybe right where your tuft might be growing out.
- But off the top of that lookout, off the top of that brown lookout, you got that little badger tuft.
Examples
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The tribe keeps the mound mowed, all except for a tuft of high grass at the very center.
Academic text (2002) -
He carefully placed a tuft of feathers in the nesting box for the birds.
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That tuft of jungle feathers, that animal eye is just what you say.
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As her ears came into focus, he saw tufts of grey hair inside them.
Fiction book (1993) -
His shirt is unbuttoned, so I can see the tuft of fur peeking out.
Fiction book (1998) -
The impressions of this bird's wing plumage included a small tuft of feathers attached to the "thumb."
Academic text (1998) -
"His hair was curly, too, and even the red tufts on his sunburned wrists coiled in all directions."
Fiction book (1995) -
Black thinning hair dipped in gray rises up like tufts of crabgrass around the headband.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the garden, I noticed a tuft of bright yellow flowers growing near the fence.
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The artist used a tuft of green grass to add texture to her landscape painting.
Synonyms
1
8.9
A small thick clump of grass that stands above the ground
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tuft comes from an old French word touffe meaning 'clump' or 'bunch', so imagine a small bunch of hair, feathers, or grass all held together at the base. That's why a tuft today means a little cluster of hairs, feathers, or plants.