VELVET
Dictionary entry overview: What does velvet mean?
• VELVET (noun)
The noun VELVET has 1 sense:
1. a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
Familiarity information: VELVET used as a noun is very rare.
• VELVET (adjective)
The adjective VELVET has 2 senses:
1. smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
2. resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface
Familiarity information: VELVET used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VELVET (noun)
Meaning:
A silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("velvet" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
• VELVET (adjective)
Meaning:
Smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
Synonyms:
velvet; velvet-textured; velvety
Similar:
smooth (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities)
Meaning:
Resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface
Synonyms:
velvet; velvety
Similar:
soft (yielding readily to pressure or weight)
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