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Definition pleat

Etymology

From Middle English, from a variant of plait, from Old French pleit.

Noun

pleat (plural pleats)

  1. (sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
  2. (botany) A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
  3. A plait.

Verb

pleat (third-person singular simple present pleats, present participle pleating, simple past and past participle pleated)

  1. (transitive) To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.
  2. To plait.

Results 366 Words with the letters PLEAT

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8 letter words with the letters PLEAT 
7 letter words with the letters PLEAT 
6 letter words with the letters PLEAT 
APLITE 10
CAPLET 13
LAPPET 13
PALATE 10
PALEST 10
PALETS 10
PALLET 11
PALTER 10
PASTEL 10
PELOTA 10
PETALS 10
PLACET 13
PLANET 11
PLATED 11
PLATEN 11
PLATER 10
PLATES 10
PLEATS 10
SEPTAL 10
STAPLE 10
TEPALS 10
5 letter words with the letters PLEAT 
4 letter words with the letters PLEAT 
LATE 5
LEAP 8
LEPT 8
PALE 8
PATE 7
PEAL 8
PEAT 7
PELT 8
PLAT 8
PLEA 8
TAEL 5
TALE 5
TAPE 7
TEAL 5
TELA 5
TEPA 7
3 letter words with the letters PLEAT 
ALE 4
ALP 7
ALT 4
APE 6
APT 6
ATE 3
EAT 3
ETA 3
LAP 7
LAT 4
LEA 4
LET 4
PAL 7
PAT 6
PEA 6
PET 6
TAE 3
TAP 6
TEA 3
TEL 4
2 letter words with the letters PLEAT 
AE 2
AL 3
AT 2
EL 3
ET 2
LA 3
PA 5
PE 5
TA 2

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