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Definition: TUFTING |
TUFTINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Tuft |
| Domain | Definition |
Personal Care & Hotels | A wide, multiple-machine needle process that sews pile yarns to a broad fabric backing of cotton canvas or jute. A popular method of constructing tufted rugs. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TUFTING |
| Specialty definitions using "TUFTING": BACK TUFTER, button tufter, button-tufting-machine operator ♦ cloth picker, CREELER ♦ flower cheniller, FLOWER-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ knot picker, cloth ♦ NEEDLE-CONTROL CHENILLER ♦ pad tufter ♦ RUG HOOKER, RUG INSPECTOR II, RUG-FRAME MOUNTER ♦ slub picker, string picker ♦ TUFTER, tufter operator, TUFTER, HAND, TUFTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, TUFTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, SINGLE-NEEDLE ♦ UPHOLSTERER, INSIDE. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "TUFTING" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "TUFTING" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 57.14% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 35.71% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
machine tufting | 5 |
tufting | 5 |
upholstery tufting | 3 |
needle tufting | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TUFTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 簇". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | fremstilling af tuftede varer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tufting-methode. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | tufting, tuftage, touffetage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Tufting-Verfahren. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | εργασία φουντώσεως. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uftingtay fabrico de feltros com tufos. (various references) insertado (inserted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"TUFTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tuften, tuting, Tutzing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-i-n-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: fungi, unfit. | |
-3 letters: gift, ting, tint, tuft, tung, unit. | |
-4 letters: fig, fin, fit, fug, fun, gin, git, gnu, gun, gut, nit, nut, tin, tit, tug, tui, tun, tut. | |
-5 letters: if, in, it, nu, ti, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-i-n-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: unfitting. | |
+3 letters: fluttering, outfasting, outfitting, outfooting. | |
+4 letters: antifatigue, fluctuating, frustrating, fungistatic, fustigating, fustigation, infatuating, outfeasting, outfighting, stultifying, unbefitting, unfettering. | |
+5 letters: autografting, butterflying, effectuating, footfaulting, fustigations, reoutfitting, sulfuretting, trifurcating, unflattering. | |
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