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plush

[ pluhsh ]

noun

  1. a fabric, as of silk, cotton, or wool, whose pile is more than ⅛ inch (0.3 centimeter) high.


adjective

, plush·er, plush·est.
  1. expensively or showily luxurious:

    the plushest hotel in town

    Synonyms: palatial, lavish, opulent

  2. abundantly rich; lush; luxuriant:

    plush, rolling lawns.

plush

/ plʌʃ /

noun

    1. a fabric with a cut pile that is longer and softer than velvet
    2. ( as modifier )

      a plush chair



adjective

  1. informal.
    Alsoplushy lavishly appointed; rich; costly

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Derived Forms

  • ˈplushly, adverb
  • ˈplushness, noun

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Other Words From

  • plushed adjective
  • plushlike adjective
  • plushly adverb
  • plushness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plush1

First recorded in 1585–95; 1920–25 plush fordef 2; from French pluche, syncopated variant of peluche, ultimately from Latin pilus “hair”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plush1

C16: from French pluche, from Old French peluchier to pluck, ultimately from Latin pilus a hair, pile ³

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Example Sentences

I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

In a 2009 interview, Church apostle Dallin H. Oaks held that the Church “does not have a position” on that point.

Or fast-fashion chains like Zara and H&M churning out runway imitations.

It seems that Mr. H. is expecting not only me, he's expecting Thom Mount, the head of production at the studio.

His sensitivity to this problem came out in his first sharp disagreement with his boss, VMI superintendent Francis H. Smith.

G was a gamester, who had but ill-luck; H was a Hunter, who hunted a buck.

The valve-seat H has formed on its lower surface two crescent shaped long and narrow slits.

For hadde (which gives no sense), read bad; confusion of b and h is not uncommon.

Now Dabbler was a widower; he was not of prepossessing appearance, and his h's troubled him, but Dabbler was a warm man.

William H. Riley, of Philadelphia, has been for years, one of the leading fashionable gentlemen's boot-makers.

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