plush
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 5
Definition of plush
7 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (UK)Very extravagant.
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adj
- (UK)Very extravagant.
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(UK)Very expensive, or appearing expensive; opulent, luxurious.
“They lived in a plush apartment complex.”
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Having a soft, fluffy exterior (of a man-made object, especially stuffed animals or upholstery).
“This plush toy is so cute and soft — I want it!”
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
“Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.”
“That night the Boy slept in a different bedroom, and he had a new bunny to sleep with him. It was a splendid bunny, all white plush with real glass eyes, but the Boy was too excited to care very much about it.”
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(countable, uncountable)A plush toy.
“When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license — placed Care Bears plushes in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls bought the toys.”
“For a small fee, the player can control a crane equipped with a gripper to pick a gift, usually a plush or a small toy, and has to drop it in a place where he/she can grab it.”
“[…] L.A. Prop Cinema Storage, full of kids' clothing (mostly for girls), PJs, and lots of toys and plushes (there's also a substantial infant area).”
verb
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(transitive)To give a soft, fluffy surface to.
“Green moss plushed the boulders that were stewn ^([sic]) about, reaching up to splash the cliffs with a velvet mantle.”
name
- A census-designated place in Lake County, Oregon, United States.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French peluche (“fluff, plush”). The fact that historically (in past centuries) plush upholstery was so expensive as to be socially exclusive undoubtedly connects the senses of "luxurious" and "soft".
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