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Synonyms for velvet

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : vel-vit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛl vɪt

Définition of velvet

Origin :
  • early 14c., probably from Old Provençal veluet, from Vulgar Latin *villutittus, diminutive of Vulgar Latin villutus "velvet," literally "shaggy cloth," from Latin villus "shaggy hair, nap of cloth, tuft of hair," probably a dialectal variant of vellus "fleece."
  • adj resembling velvet
  • noun fabic
Example sentences :
  • See to the broadcloth and velvet that the rogues bear upon their backs!
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • They were dark, luminous and velvet soft as they watched my struggle.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • There were other and still other banners, in velvet or in satin, balanced at the end of gilded batons.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • She had no gloves, and a bit of the velvet binding of her skirt was loose.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Around its roots is velvet turf, and there are wild violet beds.
  • Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
  • The broad pads of their feet were spread wide and in contact with the snow were like velvet.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • A velvet twilight seemed to rise out of the heart of the valley.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Some twenty men appeared, all clothed in black and masked in velvet.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • The vapour arising from the wet cloth will raise the pile of the velvet, with the assistance of a whisk gently passed over it.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • An Irish Secretary needs the hand of iron in the velvet glove.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

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