tuft
noun/tʌft/
Frequency rank: #19,150 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a bunch or cluster of threads, grass, hair, or feathers held or growing together at the base.
Example sentence
The bird had bright red feathers arranged in a small tuft on top of its head.
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