American English pronunciation

How to pronounce tuft

IPA transcription: ['tʌft]

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Noun

  • a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass

  • a bunch of feathers or hair

Usage examples

  • Bulbous buttercup is known to form tufts.
  • Candytuft is a cold hardy, fast-growing annual with lance shaped green leaves.
  • It grows in tufts, sometimes loosely, generally in damp places and on open gravel.
  • After settling, the foot and frontal tuft attach to the surface.
  • These species have culms growing in large tufts, often somewhat scandent.
  • In the Araucana chicken breed, ear tufts are a mutation.
  • Tufton received his early education at Westminster School.
  • The large ear tufts slant off to the sides.
  • The larvae also tend to have muted colors and tufts of short hairs.
  • Common tern, tufted duck, ringed and little ringed plover, common redshank and northern lapwing.