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   tuft

   /tʌft/

   noun

   • 1. a bunch or collection of threads, grass, hair, etc., held or growing together at the base: "scrubby tufts of grass"
   • ▪ a bunch of small blood vessels, respiratory tentacles, or other small anatomical structures.

   verb

   • 1. provide with a tuft or tufts: "the fringe can be tasselled or tufted"
   • 2. strengthen (upholstery) by passing a cluster of threads through the material, so making depressions at regular intervals.

   Word Origin late Middle English: probably from Old French tofe, of unknown origin. The final -t is typical of phonetic confusion between -f and -ft at the end of words; compare with graft1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tufty adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • T

     1

   • U

     1

   • F

     4

   • T

     1

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