Felt definition
Felt is a verb meaning "mat together and make felt-like." It has 4 meanings, as a verb and a noun, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- verb, noun
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 4
- How common
- Everyday word
Felt as a verb
mat together and make felt-like
"felt the wool"
cover with felt
"felt a cap"
change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
"The fabric felted up after several washes"
Same sense: felt up, matt-up, mat up, mat, matte up, matte
Felt as a noun
a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
Synonyms and antonyms
- felt up
- matt-up
- mat up
- mat
- matte up
- matte
How to say felt
Felt has 1 syllable and rhymes with belt. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with felt
- belt
- dealt
- melt
- heartfelt
- smelt
- pelt
- welt
- knelt
- greenbelt
- dwelt
- celt
- svelte
FELT in word games
- Scrabble
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Anagrams
- 1
Is FELT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check FELT in the word checker, or unscramble FELT to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.