/ plʌʃ; NAmE / noun , adjective
■ noun
[ U ] a type of silk or cotton cloth with a thick soft surface made of a mass of threads :
red plush armchairs
■ adjective
( informal ) very comfortable; expensive and of good quality
SYN luxurious :
a plush hotel
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: from obsolete French pluche , contraction of peluche , from Old French peluchier to pluck, based on Latin pilus hair. The sense luxurious dates from the 1920s.