Word of the day

Tuft – a small cluster of elongated flexible outgrowths attached or close together at the base and free at the opposite ends especially : a growing bunch of grasses or close-set plants; a bunch of soft fluffy threads cut off short and used as ornament; a bunch or collection of threads, grass, hair, etc., held or growing together at the base; a dense clump, especially of trees or bushes; provide with a tuft or tufts; strengthen (upholstery) by passing a cluster of threads through the material, so making depressions at regular intervals.