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How to pronounce felt
Say it like this: /ˈfɛlt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does felt mean?
nounA 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.
“It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt.”
A hat made of felt.
A felt-tip pen.
verbTo make into felt or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
“the same Wool , for instance , one Men felts it into a Hat, another weaves it into Cloth , another weaves it into Kersey or Serge”
To cover with, or as if with, felt.
“to felt the cylinder of a steam engine”
To cause (a player) to lose all their chips.
adjThat has been experienced or perceived.
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