velˈvety adjective

1. Soft and smooth like velvet
2. Deep and soft in colouring

velvet ant noun

A wasp of the family Mutillidae

velˈvet-crab or velˈvet-fiddˈler noun

A swimming crab with velvety pile

velvet duck or velvet scoter noun

A species of duck, the male of which is black with white patches on the wing and under the eye

velvet glove noun

Gentleness concealing strength (see iron hand under iron)

velˈvet-guards plural noun (Shakespeare)

Velvet trimmings, applied metaphorically to the citizens who wore them

velˈvet-leaf noun

1. False pareira
2. Tree-mallow

velˈvet-paˈper noun

Flock-paper

velˈvet-pile noun

Material with a soft nap

on velvet

1. In a safe or advantageous position
2. Secure against losing, whatever happens

the velvet revolution

The bloodless transition from communism to democracy in Czechoslovakia in 1989