plush
A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvetA textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
» Tom lost his plush squirrel.
Tom hat sein Plüscheichhörnchen verloren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том потерял свою плюшевую белку. — marafon
Том загубив свою плюшеву білку. — deniko
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
Plüsch
плюшpljuš
плюшpljuš
a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet
(countable, uncountable)A plush toy.
Examples
18 sentencesTom lost his plush squirrel.
Том загубив свою плюшеву білку. — deniko
ruТом потерял свою плюшевую белку. — marafon
deTom hat sein Plüscheichhörnchen verloren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I am hugging my plush toy.
The girl brought her favourite plush toy.
He took me out to a plush restaurant.
I sunk into the plush mattress on the bed.
Translations
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Origin
From French peluche (“fluff, plush”). The fact that historically (in past centuries) plushFrom 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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Forms
plural: plushesWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.