tassel
IPA: tˈæsʌɫ
noun
- A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).
- (botany) The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them.
- The loose hairs at the end of a braid.
- A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewed to a book to be put between the pages.
- (architecture) A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers.
- A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
- A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.
verb
- (transitive) To adorn with tassels.
- (intransitive, botany) To put forth a tassel or flower.
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Examples of "tassel" in Sentences
- He prefers to drink tassel over pop.
- Sometimes a tassel is attached to the hilt.
- The pattern of the rug is visible with drooping tassels.
- Along the hypotenuse are a series of five tabs or tassels.
- The fez had to be worn such that the tassel was at the back.
- Today, the tassel is merely a traditional part of the dishdasha.
- A tassel is attached to the upper center of both front and back.
- The apex of the stem ends in the tassel, an inflorescence of male flowers.
- The hat is ornamented with tassels in a quantity commensurate with the office.
- Monsieur Tassel is Noel's father and the president of the Bank Tassel du Paris.
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