Plush Meaning
/plʌʃ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjVery extravagant.
adjVery expensive, or appearing expensive; opulent, luxurious.
Sentence Examples
After the calves are weaned they are moved to the plush river-flats for fattening.
I'll give you my plush rabbit if you give me your squirrel.
Tom did not want to give Mary his plush squirrel.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The hotel room had a ____ carpet that felt very soft and thick under my feet.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The hotel lobby was decorated with ____ velvet sofas and thick carpets that muffled every sound.
Word Origin & History
From French peluche (“fluff, plush”). The fact that historically (in past centuries) plush upholstery was so expensive as to be socially exclusive undoubtedly connects the senses of "luxurious" and "soft".
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"That night the Boy slept in a different bedroom, and he had a new bunny to sleep with him. It was a splendid bunny, all white plush with real glass eyes, but the Boy was too excited to care very much about it."
— 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 108, column 4:
"When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license — placed Care Bears plushes in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls bought the toys."
— 2002 March 2, Billboard, volume 114, number 9, page 70:
"For a small fee, the player can control a crane equipped with a gripper to pick a gift, usually a plush or a small toy, and has to drop it in a place where he/she can grab it."
— 2008, Lionel Birglen, Thierry Laliberté, Clément M. Gosselin, Underactuated Robotic Hands, page 94:
"[…] L.A. Prop Cinema Storage, full of kids' clothing (mostly for girls), PJs, and lots of toys and plushes (there's also a substantial infant area)."
— 2011, Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012, page 759:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The hotel room had a ____ carpet that felt very soft and thick under my feet.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The hotel lobby was decorated with ____ velvet sofas and thick carpets that muffled every sound.