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fur

fur

279 1.0
Soft thick hair that covers some animals or the material used for warm coats
  • noun
  • /fɜr/
translation icon : piel
  • The cat curled up on the sofa, leaving its fur all over the cushions.
  • a fur coat
  • fur trade
  • fur seal

Genuinely, I've never felt fur this soft in my life.

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Examples

  • Blue fox has gradually become the main fur variety in China, and its breeding has developed rapidly.

    Academic text (2015)
  • My mom got me a fake fur cow print jacket.

  • Do you like to feel fur on the back of your neck?

  • So the question is, the fur is really soft and awesome.

  • It's made with different kinds of fur on the inner side.

  • We'd like to keep the fur on our bodies, thank you.

  • Genuinely, I've never felt fur this soft in my life.

  • "Yes," he said lightly, pushing back his fur hood and shaking out his long hair.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • They laid on a pink fur rug on the floor.

  • "Maybe I shouldn't have been so quick to roll up the furs this morning," he said.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

coat
vsfur
70 1.0

The hair or fur that covers an animal's body

is also used for soft mammal hair and material or clothing made from it
pelt
vsfur
21 6.6

An animal skin with the fur still attached

refers to soft mammal hair and the material made from it not the skin
pelage
vsfur
  • Specialized
1 9.9

The coat of hair or fur that covers an animal's body

is used also for soft thick mammal hair and for material made from it

Compounds

26 2.5

A warm coat made from animal hair to wear in cold weather

3 1.3

A hat made from animal fur to keep your head warm

1 4.1

A large seal with visible ears and thick fur that lives in cold seas

Soft brown fur from a beaver used to make warm clothes and hats

A large sea mammal with thick fur that lives on the Pacific coast from Alaska to California

7.4

A brown soft fur from a muskrat that people use to make warm clothes

8.1

A piece of animal fur you wear around the neck like a scarf for warmth and style

A seal with thick fur that lives on rocky Pacific coasts near California and Mexico

How Warm

fur coat
26 2.5
fur
279 1.0
sheepskin
6 3.9
pelt
21 6.6
wool
140 1.0

Surface Forms

fur singular
furs plural

Etymology

The word fur comes from an old French word for 'pelt', the animal skin with hair that people used to make warm clothes. So fur now means both the soft, thick hair of an animal and the warm material or coat made from that hair.