plush
- a fabric, as of silk, cotton, or wool, whose pile is more than ⅛ inch (0.3 cm) high.
- expensively or showily luxurious: the plushest hotel in town
- abundantly rich; lush; luxuriant: plush, rolling lawns.
Origin of plush
Synonyms for plush
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elegant, sumptuous, palatial, lush, opulent, lavish, luxury, deluxe, ritzy, costly, luscious, silkenExamples from the Web for plush
Contemporary Examples of plush
The cars had plush green upholstery and stained-glass windows and were faster and cheaper than a horse-and-buggy.
A Moomin shop in London sells Little My t-shirts, plush Moomintrolls, Snufkin luggage tags.
In the Middle East, a cheetah riding shotgun in the plush leather seat of a luxury sports car is the ultimate status symbol.
The clothes, in their light colors, plush fabrics, and soft cuts, evoked that same level of comfort.
WHERE TO STAY: Central and plush, the St. Regis should be top of your list.
Historical Examples of plush
It might have been the parlor of the White Springs Hotel in duplicate, plush self-rocker and all.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
He shaved me without a pull, and my face ain't no plush sofy, neither.
Cape Cod StoriesJoseph C. Lincoln
Then he drew in his head, and concealed himself behind the plush portière.
A Great ManArnold Bennett
"I have to get some money," he said, laying the plush case on the counter.
Tom Slade with the ColorsPercy K. Fitzhugh
It smacked of colonial age, but not of Boston style or plush curtains.
The Education of Henry AdamsHenry Adams
plush
- a fabric with a cut pile that is longer and softer than velvet
- (as modifier)a plush chair
- Also: plushy informal lavishly appointed; rich; costly
Word Origin for plush
Word Origin and History for plush
"soft fabric," 1590s, from Middle French pluche "shag, plush," contraction of peluche "hairy fabric," from Old French peluchier "to pull, to tug, to pluck" (the final process in weaving plush), from Vulgar Latin *piluccare "remove hair" (see pluck (v.)). Related: Plushy; plushness.
"swank, luxurious," 1927, from plush (n.). Plushy in this sense is recorded from 1923. Related: Plushly; plushness.