TUFT
Dictionary entry overview: What does tuft mean?
• TUFT (noun)
The noun TUFT has 2 senses:
1. a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
2. a bunch of feathers or hair
Familiarity information: TUFT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TUFT (noun)
Meaning:
A bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
tuft; tussock
Hypernyms ("tuft" is a kind of...):
bunch; clump; cluster; clustering (a grouping of a number of similar things)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tuft"):
wisp (a small tuft or lock)
hexenbesen; staghead; witch broom; witches' broom (an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance)
Meaning:
A bunch of feathers or hair
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("tuft" is a kind of...):
crest (a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal)
