- a cotton cloth with a short, thick pile, resembling velvet
- [pl.] clothes, esp. trousers, made of velveteen
Origin of velveteen
from velvetvelveteen
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velveteen
noun
A cotton pile fabric resembling velvet.
Origin of velveteen
From velvetTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural velveteens)
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