Phrase Hound found 108 phrases and 101 compound words that contain feather. The most common are listed below. Open feather in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 108
- birds of a featherPeople having similar characters, backgrounds, interests, or beliefs.
- light as a featherextremely light, having minimal weight
- feather dusterAn implement, traditionally consisting of a bundle of feathers (especially ostrich feathers) attached to a handle, used to remove surface dust.
- flight featherAny asymmetrical feather of the wing or tail of a bird.
- birds of a feather flock togetherPeople of similar character, background or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another; it is easier to establish friendships with people that one has a lot in common with.
- tar and featherTo cover (a person) in sticky tar, then cover in feathers which stick to the tar; an archaic means of humiliating a person.
- feather merchantA civilian.
- cut a featherTo make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.
- feather in one's capAn accomplishment; particularly one that is flaunted or boasted of.
- feather boaA decorative scarf made of feathers, either real or synthetic.
- quill featherAny of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird; sometimes termed a flight feather.
- feather one's nestTo achieve benefits, especially financial ones, by taking advantage of the opportunities with which one is presented; to amass a comfortable amount of personal wealth; especially, to do so to a degree that involves venality.
- feather duster wormAny of the Sabellidae, a family of sedentary marine polychaete tube worms with the head mostly concealed by feathery branchiae.
- prince's featherAmaranthus hypochondriacus, an ornamental plant.
- feather-lightExtremely light; light as a feather.
- blood featherA pin feather (a developing feather on a bird) that has a flow of blood supply.
- down featherA feather of the down of a bird.
- feather bedAlternative form of featherbed: A mattress stuffed with feathers.
- feather penA quill pen.
- feather starAn unstalked crinoid, a comatulid.
- feather starsplural of feather star: An unstalked crinoid, a comatulid.
- feather stickA stick, with many shavings raised from it with a knife, that serves as tinder for starting campfires or lighting a woodstove or fireplace.
- feather treeSynonym of feather Christmas tree: An artificial Christmas tree made from feathers attached to wire branches.
- feather-dustTo clean with a feather duster.
- feather-grassAlternative form of feathergrass: Any of various perennial hermaphroditic grasses of the genus Stipa.
Compound words 101
- tailfeatherAny of the feathers of a bird's tail.
- featherlessHaving no feathers.
- feathergrassAny of various perennial hermaphroditic grasses of the genus Stipa.
- feathermossA species of moss common in boreal forests, Pleurozium schreberi.
- afterfeatherThe downy lower barbs of a feather.
- feathernplural of feather: A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
- feathersomeCharacterised or marked by feathers
- featherlyLike a feather, or feather; feathery.
- feathermanA man who sells ornamental feathers.
- befeatherTo deck or cover with feathers.