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   Felt

   /felt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a kind of cloth made by rolling and pressing wool or another suitable textile accompanied by the application of moisture or heat, which causes the constituent fibers to mat together to create a smooth surface: "a felt hat"

   verb

   • 1. make into felt; mat together: "the wood fibers are shredded and felted together"
   • ▪ cover with felt: "it wasn't long before we had felted the roof making it totally watertight"
   • ▪ become matted: "care must be taken in washing, or the wool will shrink and felt"

   Word Origin Old English, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vilt, also to filter.

   Derivatives

   • 1. felty adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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