noun

1. a rich fabric as of silk, rayon, or nylon with a soft, thick pile: pile velvet has the pile uncut, standing in loops, and cut velvet has the loops cut apart
2. anything with a surface like that of velvet
3. a soft, vascular skin on a deer's growing antlers
4. ☆ Slang extra or clear profit or winnings; gain

Etymology: ME < OFr veluotte < VL villutus < L villus, shaggy hair: see wool

adjective

1. made of or covered with velvet
2. smooth or soft like velvet