felt

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felt

The artist uses blue felt to make a small stuffed animal.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A non-woven fabric: A dense, matted textile material produced by compressing and matting together fibers, traditionally wool or other animal fibers, using heat, moisture, and pressure.

  2. Verb (transitive and intransitive):

    • To mat or become matted: To cause fibers to tangle and condense into a dense, compact mass, or for this process to occur naturally.
    • To cover with felt: To apply a layer of felt material to an object.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • She bought a sheet of red felt for her craft project.
    • The traditional yurt is covered with thick felt for insulation.

  • Verb:

    • The wool fibers felted together after being agitated in hot water. (Intransitive)
    • She felted the wool to make a sturdy bag. (Transitive)
    • The artisan felted a cap from raw sheep's wool.
Advanced Usage
  • "Felt up" (phrasal verb): To become matted or condensed into felt, often unintentionally.
    • My favorite sweater felted up in the wash and no longer fits.
Variants and Related Words
  • Felting (n): The process of making felt.
    • Wet felting is a common technique.
  • Felt-tip pen (n): A pen with a tip made of felt or a similar porous material. (Note: This is a compound noun where "felt" describes the tip's material).
  • Unfelted (adj): Not matted into felt; remaining as loose fibers.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Mat, fabric, cloth, textile.
  • Verb: Mat, condense, tangle, compress.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Felt together: To join or mat fibers into a single piece of felt.
    • The different colored wools felted together beautifully.
Notes on Different Meanings
  • The word "felt" is also the simple past tense and past participle of the verb "to feel" (e.g., ). This is a separate, homographic verb with a completely different meaning related to perception or emotion. The definitions above pertain only to the noun and verb related to the fabric.
felt

The artist uses blue felt to make a small stuffed animal.

Noun
  1. a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
Verb
  1. change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
    • The fabric felted up after several washes
  2. cover with felt
    • felt a cap
  3. mat together and make felt-like
    • felt the wool

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