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pufflet

pufflet noun: something small and puffy.

Noun

pufflet (plural pufflets)

  1. Something small and puffy.
    • a cheese pufflet; a pufflet of smoke
    • That scarce discernible pufflet of smoke and dust is a revolution.1890, James Russell Lowell, The Writings of James Russell Lowell: Poems, page 104

Examples of pufflet in a sentence

  • Repeat with the remaining squares and line the pufflets up on the baking sheets, spacing them about 1/2 inch apart.2006, Dorie Greenspan, Baking: From My Home to Yours, page 149:
  • The sky was a turquoise blue with only pufflets of cloud; the sun lay on my neck and arms; far out, a flat sea shimmered like a blue cloth.2014, Rachel Joyce, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, page 238:

Forms of pufflet

pluralpufflets

Origin of pufflet

From puff + -let.

Questions about pufflet

What does pufflet mean?
Pufflet means something small and puffy.
How do you use pufflet in a sentence?
Repeat with the remaining squares and line the pufflets up on the baking sheets, spacing them about 1/2 inch apart.
What part of speech is pufflet?
Pufflet is a noun.
What is the plural of pufflet?
The plural of pufflet is pufflets.

Words near pufflet in the dictionary

  1. puffinry
  2. puffins
  3. puffleg
  4. pufflegs
  5. puffless
  6. pufflet
  7. pufflets
  8. puffling
  9. pufflings
  10. puffs
  11. puffs one's chest

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