plush Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet
  2. adjective satellite characterized by extravagance and profusion
    lavish; lush; lucullan; plushy.
    • a lavish buffet
    • a lucullan feast

WordNet

Plush noun
Etymology
F. pluche, peluche (cf. It. peluzzo), fr. L. pilus hair. See pile hair, and cf. Peruke.
Definitions
  1. A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet. Cowper.

Webster 1913