velvet.

1. A fabric with a dense, short pile giving it a soft surface.

2. Soft, smooth, or gentle in a way compared with velvet.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• velvet curtain
• velvet upholstery

On the page

Velvet curtains absorbed the room’s light.

She brushed dust from the velvet upholstery.

The box was lined with velvet.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Usually mass; velvets for types. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.