Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History
We found 7 dictionaries that define the word velvets:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. velvets: Merriam-Webster
  2. velvets: Collins English Dictionary
  3. velvets: Vocabulary.com
  4. Velvet's, Velvets, velvets: Wordnik
  5. velvets: Wiktionary
  6. velvets: Dictionary.com
  7. The Velvets, The velvets: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

(Note: See velvet as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (velvet)

noun:  A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
noun:  Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
noun:  (rare, countable) A female chinchilla; a sow.
noun:  (slang, uncountable) The drug dextromethorphan.
noun:  (slang, uncountable) Money acquired by gambling.
verb:  To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
verb:  (cooking) To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
verb:  To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.
verb:  (figurative, transitive) To soften; to mitigate.
verb:  (of a cat's claws) to retract.
adjective:  Made of velvet.
adjective:  Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
adjective:  (politics) Peaceful; carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia.
▸ Also see velvet


Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:




Words similar to velvets

Usage examples for velvets

Idioms related to velvets

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing velvets

Popular nouns described by velvets

Words that often appear near velvets

Rhymes of velvets

Invented words related to velvets

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Compound Your Joy