velveteen

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: vel=vet=een

CIDE DICTIONARY

velveteen, n. [Cf. F. velvantine. See Velvet.].

 A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

velveteen, n.
1 a cotton fabric with a pile like velvet.
2 (in pl.) trousers etc. made of this.

ROGET THESAURUS

velveteen

Smoothness

N smoothness, polish, gloss, lubricity, lubrication, down, velvet, velure, silk, satin, velveteen, velour, velours, velumen, glass, ice, slide, bowling green, asphalt, wood pavement, flagstone, flags, roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill, sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander, flat iron, sad iron, burnisher, turpentine and beeswax, polish, shoe polish, lapidary, lapidary, lapidarian, smooth, polished, leiodermatous, slick, velutinous, even, level, plane, sleek, glossy, silken, silky, lanate, downy, velvety, glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily, soft, unwrinkled, smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil, slippery as an eel, woolly, smooth as silk, slippery as coonshit on a pump handle, slippery as a greased pig.