velveteen.

A fabric, commonly cotton, with a short pile resembling velvet.

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Words that belong together

• velveteen jacket
• velveteen upholstery

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The old jacket was made of velveteen.

Velveteen covered the small chair.

Wear had flattened the velveteen’s pile.

Usage notes

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