felts
Compressed fiber cloths
Felts is the plural of felt, a textile made by matting fibers together rather than weaving them.
Craft stores sell felts in various colors for projects.
The word also works as a verb: She felts wool into decorative shapes.
To felt is to mat fibers through heat, moisture, and pressure, or to cover with felt.
Sheared animal fiber
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- materialPhysical matter; pertinent
- nonwovenFabric without interlacing threads
- mattedTangled into clumps
fibers · sheets · thickness · stiffness · density · polyester · acrylic · rayon
Yielding to touch
- fuzzySoft and unclear
- plushThick-pile soft fabric
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- denseClosely packed together
firm · spongy · supple · velvety · napped · brushed · pressed · flat
Separating solids from liquids
- strainingExerting intense effort
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- wickingLiquid drawn through fibers
- absorptionProcess of taking in
permeability · mesh · gaskets · seals · polishing · buffing · oiling · lubrication
Pertaining to warmth
- soundproofingPreventing noise transmission
- dampeningReducing or wetting slightly
- paddingMaterial for cushioning
- cushioningSoftening force or fall
lining · weatherstripping · sealing · vibration · acoustic · underlayment · gaskets · strips
wool
Sheared animal fiber
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- materialPhysical matter; pertinent
- nonwovenFabric without interlacing threads
matted · fibers · sheets · thickness · stiffness · density · polyester · acrylic · rayon · blends
soft
Yielding to touch
dense · firm · spongy · supple · velvety · napped · brushed · pressed · flat · thick
filtration
Separating solids from liquids
- strainingExerting intense effort
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- wickingLiquid drawn through fibers
absorption · permeability · mesh · gaskets · seals · polishing · buffing · oiling · lubrication · industrial
thermal
Pertaining to warmth
- soundproofingPreventing noise transmission
- dampeningReducing or wetting slightly
- paddingMaterial for cushioning
cushioning · lining · weatherstripping · sealing · vibration · acoustic · underlayment · gaskets · strips · tape
needlework
Thread-based textile craft
embroidery · stitching · handmade · textile · ornaments · beading · cutouts · shapes · layering · gluing
perceives
Becomes aware of something
- sensesMeans of perception
- experiencesEvents personally lived through
- intuitsKnows without reasoning
notices · detects · registers · discerns · apprehends · grasps · undergoes · touches · handles · fingers
- papermaking equipmentcalender, refiner, pulper, digester, beater
- instrument partsneck, body, strings, guitar body, piano keys
- piano partsivories, dampers, white keys, hammers, black keys
- paperpaper, sheet, sheets, leaf, A4
- printmakingprints, print, printing, woodcuts, woodcut
- brass instrumentstrumpet, trombone, trumpets, trombones, horn
feltswovens
Interlaced fabric goods
knits · woven fabrics · weaves · crochets · braids
- felt likePerceived as being
- felt aroundSearched using touch
- felt sorry forExperienced sympathy toward
- felt tipPorous pen nib
- felt tip penFiber-pointed ink marker
- felt-tip penInk marker with fibrous nib