fur
noun /fɜː(r)/
/fɜːr/
- The cat carefully licked its fur.
- She stroked the soft fur on the dog's back.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thick
- matted
- silky
- …
- be wrapped in
- wear
- be lined with
- …
- industry
- trade
- trader
- …
- in a/your fur
- of fur
- a fur coat
- the fur trade
- a fur farm (= where animals are bred and killed for their fur)
- fur-lined gloves
- The animal is hunted for its fur.
- Many models refuse to wear fur on the runway.
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashionb1- The coat was orange with a fur trim.
- a cloak lined with fur
- a collar of fur
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thick
- matted
- silky
- …
- be wrapped in
- wear
- be lined with
- …
- industry
- trade
- trader
- …
- in a/your fur
- of fur
- [uncountable] an artificial material that looks and feels like fur see also fun furOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- thick
- matted
- silky
- …
- be wrapped in
- wear
- be lined with
- …
- industry
- trade
- trader
- …
- in a/your fur
- of fur
- [countable] a piece of clothing, especially a coat or jacket, made of real or artificial fur
- elegant ladies in furs
- She was wearing her fur.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thick
- matted
- silky
- …
- be wrapped in
- wear
- be lined with
- …
- industry
- trade
- trader
- …
- in a/your fur
- of fur
- (British English) (also scale British and North American English)[uncountable] a hard grey-white substance that is sometimes left inside water pipes and containers for heating water
- [uncountable] a grey-white layer that forms on a person’s tongue, especially when they are ill see also furred
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old French forrer ‘to line, sheathe’, from forre ‘sheath’, of Germanic origin.