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felt

  • noun
  • /ˈfɛlt/

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.

Other meanings

  1. A hat made of felt.

  2. A felt-tip pen.

Example sentences

  • “I felt that my life was in danger.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “The warm sand felt amazing under their feet.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “The poor kid felt the blow he was given.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Old English "felt".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “felt” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.