For example, a wine that feels smooth might be described as "velvety" or "silky."
There's a velvety lounge bar and small dining room serving light snacks, but venturing out to eat is a joy in this neighbourhood near the Rialto bridge.
Deep purple in colour, this Merlot has aromas of violet, plum, and smoky vanillin oak, on the palate, it boasts ripe berry fruit with supportive but supple tannins, and a smooth, velvety finish.
I rubbed the velvety grooves inside the calf 's ears.
The velvet swimming crab has bright red eyes, with a coat of fine hair on its shell giving it a velvety texture.
Within the walls of that grim urban cage, the 25-year-old petite Jewish beauty drew crowds to the ghetto’s Café Sztuka, crooning standards from happier times in a deep, velvety lilt.
The red velvety rugs and pillows have been changed to blue and gold—our high school's colors.
There is no method of obtaining a velvety lawn but by repeated mowings; and there is no way of developing tenderness, evenness, sympathy, but by the passing of God's scythes.
It is the pressure which releases the coffee oils; these emulsify and give the coffee its rich, velvety texture.
I like this velvety red.
The threadlike Branches are often woven together to form a velvety Body sometimes longer than 12 in. (30 cm). In some species the Body has visible Branches; in others it folds in on itself like intestines. Codium is the favourite food of some sea slugs.
Matte, velvety deep charcoal brown. Great for smokey looks and eyeliner.
Just in case you thought you couldn't enjoy really luscious desserts if you're watching your sugar intake, let this velvety and chocolaty treat prove you wrong.
Singer Lena Horne, who broke racial barriers as a Hollywood and Broadway star famed for her velvety rendition of "Stormy Weather," has died at age 92.
