Corduroy is a thick cotton fabric with velvety ribs.
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Velvety
//ˈvɛlvəti//
Synonyms for "velvety" (64 found)
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Translations
27 translations across 20 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- թավշակերպ adj (like velvet)
Catalan
2 entries- envellutat adj (like velvet)
- vellutat adj (like velvet)
Dutch
1 entries- fluwelig adj (like velvet)
Galician
1 entries- aveludado adj (like velvet)
German
3 entries- samtartig adj (like velvet)
- samtig adj (like velvet)
- samtweich adj (like velvet)
Hungarian
1 entries- bársonyos adj (like velvet)
Irish
1 entries- veilbhitiúil adj (like velvet)
Italian
1 entries- vellutato adj (like velvet)
Korean
1 entries- 벨벳같은 adj (like velvet)
Macedonian
1 entries- кадифен adj (like velvet)
Māori
1 entries- perehunga adj (like velvet)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fløyelsaktig adj (like velvet)
Polish
1 entries- aksamitny adj (like velvet)
Portuguese
4 entries- aveludado adj (like velvet)
- veludoso adj (like velvet)
- veludíneo adj (like velvet)
- velutíneo adj (like velvet)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਮਖਮਲੀ adj (like velvet)
Romanian
1 entries- catifelat adj (like velvet)
Russian
1 entries- бархати́стый adj (like velvet)
Spanish
2 entries- aterciopelado adj (like velvet)
- terciopelado adj (like velvet)
Swedish
1 entries- sammetslen adj (like velvet)
Welsh
1 entries- melfedaidd adj (like velvet)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Velvet worms get their name thanks to their soft, velvety skin.
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The sparkling band of stars, stretching right round the velvety blackness of the clear night sky, made me forget the cold for a moment and dream of the vastness of the galaxy.
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Now, I present a low-calorie, velvety tofu cake. Please enjoy.
Source: tatoeba (11252203)
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