Velvet vs. Fleece

Velvetnoun

A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.

Velvetnoun

Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.

Velvetnoun

(rare) A female chinchilla; a sow.

Velvetnoun

(slang) The drug dextromethorphan.

Velvetnoun

(slang) Money acquired by gambling.

Velvetverb

To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.

Velvetverb

(cooking) To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.

Velvetverb

To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.

Velvetverb

To soften; to mitigate.

Velvetadjective

Made of velvet.

Velvetadjective

Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.

Velvetadjective

(politics) peaceful, carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia.

Velvetnoun

A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back, or with other soft fibers such as nylon, acetate, or rayon.

Velvetnoun

The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.

Velvetnoun

Something likened to velvet{1} in being soft or luxurious; as, a lawn of velvet.

Velvetadjective

Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.

Velvetverb

To pain velvet.

Velvetverb

To make like, or cover with, velvet.

Velvetnoun

a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back

Velvetadjective

smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

Velvetadjective

resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface

Velvetnoun

a closely woven fabric of silk, cotton, or nylon, that has a thick short pile on one side

Velvetnoun

soft downy skin that covers a deer's antler while it is growing

Velvet

Velvet is a type of woven tufted fabric in which the cut threads are evenly distributed, with a short dense pile, giving it a distinctive soft feel. By extension, the word velvety means .

Fleecenoun

(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

Fleecenoun

(uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached

Fleecenoun

(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.

Fleecenoun

(countable) An insulating wooly jacket

Fleecenoun

(roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.

Fleecenoun

Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.

Fleecenoun

The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

Fleeceverb

(transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.

Fleeceverb

(transitive) To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).

Fleeceverb

(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.

Fleecenoun

The entire coat of wool that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.

Fleecenoun

Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.

Fleecenoun

The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

Fleeceverb

To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.

Fleeceverb

To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions.

Fleeceverb

To spread over as with wool.

Fleecenoun

the wool of a sheep or similar animal

Fleecenoun

tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing

Fleecenoun

a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing

Fleecenoun

outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

Fleeceverb

rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Fleeceverb

shear the wool from;

Fleecenoun

the woolly covering of a sheep or goat

Fleecenoun

the wool shorn from a sheep in a single piece at one time

Fleecenoun

a representation of a fleece suspended from a ring.

Fleecenoun

a soft warm fabric with a texture similar to sheep's wool, used as a lining material

Fleecenoun

a jacket or other garment made from a fleece fabric.

Fleeceverb

obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them

Fleeceverb

cover as if with a fleece