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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tin•sel /ˈtɪnsəl/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Metallurgya thin sheet or thread of glittering metal, used to produce a sparkling effect in threads and decorations:looping pieces of tinsel on the Christmas tree.
adj. - consisting of tinsel.
tin•sel•like, adj. tin•sel•ly, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tin•sel (tin′səl),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -seled, -sel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -selled, -sel•ling. n. - Metallurgya glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- Textilesa metallic yarn, usually wrapped around a core yarn of silk, rayon, or cotton, for weaving brocade or lamé.
- anything showy or attractive with little or no real worth;
showy pretense:The actress was tired of the fantasy and tinsel of her life. - [Obs.]a fabric, formerly in use, of silk or wool interwoven with threads of gold, silver, or, later, copper.
adj. - consisting of or containing tinsel.
- showy;
gaudy;
tawdry.
v.t. - to adorn with tinsel.
- to adorn with anything glittering.
- to make showy or gaudy.
- Vulgar Latin *stincilla, metathetic variant of Latin scintilla scintilla; first used attributively in phrases tinsel satin, tinsel cloth
- Middle French estincelle (Old French estincele) a spark, flash
- by aphesis 1495–1505
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