velveteen
(noun) a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
velveteen (countable and uncountable, plural velveteens)
A cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvet.
Source: Wiktionary
Vel`vet*een", n. Etym: [Cf. F. velvetine. See Velvet.]
Definition: A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 March 2025
(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
