Tassel

Definition:

  • (n.) A male hawk. See Tercel.
  • (n.) A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
  • (n.) A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.
  • (n.) The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.
  • (n.) A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.
  • (n.) 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; -- rarely used in the United States.
  • (v. i.) To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.
  • (v. t.) To adorn with tassels.

Compare tassel with other words:

tassel vs. tasset

tarsel vs. tassel

tasse vs. tassel

pendent vs. tassel

tassel vs. tasselled

tassel vs. tasseled

fringe vs. tassel

tassel vs. toque

adorn vs. tassel

tassel vs. wall

plate vs. tassel

book vs. tassel

board vs. tassel

ribbon vs. tassel

silk vs. tassel

braid vs. tassel

anther vs. tassel

maize vs. tassel

inflorescence vs. tassel

male vs. tassel

hem vs. tassel

dangling vs. tassel

entangled vs. tassel

plait vs. tassel

tassel vs. tercel

tassel vs. teasel

fez vs. tassel

tassel vs. tuft