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Word entry · 6 letters

tassel

Best crossword clue

"Curtain cord"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtæsəl/Part of speech nounSorted aelsstStarts with TEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2A3S4S5E6L

Definitions

  1. adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end

Word origin

From Middle English tassel, from Old French tassel, from Latin tāxillus (“small cube”), from tālus (“ankle”).

Used in a sentence

  • The Giant's boots were of pink leather and had tassels on them and his hat was decorated with an enormous pink ostrich feather, carefully curled.
  • […] gauzes of silver mist; Loop’d up with cords of twisted wreathed light, And tassell’d round with weeping meteors!
  • Maize is a crop that tassels.

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