Definitions
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- adjective Resembling
velvet or some aspect of it.
Etymologies
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Examples
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You can feel the dough changing as you work it, growing increasingly smooth as the gluten aligns, until it has almost a velvetlike texture.
Ratio Michael Ruhlman 2009
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Most of it was made of a velvetlike material, deep and thick and beautifully embroidered.
The Long Night Dean Wesley Smith 2000
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Most of it was made of a velvetlike material, deep and thick and beautifully embroidered.
The Long Night Dean Wesley Smith 2000
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HIS SECRET A little bit of cream together with the eggs, so they get more velvetlike, "più morbide."
NYT > Home Page By DANIEL J. WAKIN 2011
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Related to sea urchins, a live sand dollar has a velvetlike coat that is actually thousands of tiny spines, only one to five millimeters long.
NYT > Home Page By HANK PELLISSIER 2011
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It's a velvetlike fur unique to the lambs of that region.
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It's a velvetlike fur unique to the lambs of that region.
The Seattle Times 2010
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It's a velvetlike fur unique to the lambs of that region.
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It's a velvetlike fur unique to the lambs of that region.
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It's a velvetlike fur unique to the lambs of that region.
WRAL.com Top Stories 2010
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