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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tas•sel /ˈtæsəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -seled, -sel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -selled, -sel•ling. n. [countable] - an ornament consisting of a bunch of threads or cords hanging from a knob, used on clothing, etc.
- Botanysomething resembling this, as at the top of a stalk of corn.
v. [no object] - Botany(of corn) to put forth tassels.
tas•seled, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tas•sel (tas′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -seled, -sel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -selled, -sel•ling. n. - a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- Botanysomething resembling this, as the inflorescence of certain plants, esp. that at the summit of a stalk of corn.
v.t. - to furnish or adorn with tassels.
- to form into a tassel or tassels.
- Agricultureto remove the tassel from (growing corn) in order to improve the crop.
v.i. - Botany(of corn) to put forth tassels (often fol. by out).
- Vulgar Latin *tassellus, blend of, blended Latin tessella (diminutive of tessera die for gaming) and taxillus (diminutive of tālus die for gaming). See tessellate, talus1
- Old French tas(s)el fastening for cloak
- Middle English (noun, nominal) 1250–1300
[esp. Brit.,] tas′sel•ly, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tassel /ˈtæsəl/ n - a tuft of loose threads secured by a knot or ornamental knob, used to decorate soft furnishings, clothes, etc
- anything resembling this tuft, esp the tuft of stamens at the tip of a maize inflorescence
vb ( -sels, -selling, -selled) ( US -sels, -seling, -seled)- (transitive) to adorn with a tassel or tassels
- (intransitive) (of maize) to produce stamens in a tuft
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin tassellus (unattested), changed from Latin taxillus a small die, from tālus gaming die |