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| felt [ felt ] |
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1. wool or animal-hair fabric: a fabric made from wool or animal hair by compressing, heating, or treating the fibers with chemicals
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2. synthetic fabric: a synthetic fabric made by the process of matting, especially a heavy paper permeated with asphalt, used as a roof sealant
  roofing felt
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verb (past and past participle felt·ed, present participle felt·ing, 3rd person present singular felts) |
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1. transitive verb make felt out of something: to make wool or hair into felt fabric
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2. transitive verb put felt on roof: to cover a roof with roofing felt
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3. intransitive verb become matted: to become matted, or come to resemble felt
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| [ Old English< Indo-European, "strike, beat, pound"] |
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| felt·y adjective |
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