2syllables
velvet
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Definitions ofvelvet
1noun
- A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
- Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
- A female chinchilla; a sow.
- The drug dextromethorphan.
- Money acquired by gambling.
1verb
- To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
- To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
- To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.
- To soften; to mitigate.
- (of a cat's claws) to retract.
1adjective
- Made of velvet.
- Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
- Peaceful, carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia.
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