ALL meanings of tassel
tas·sel
T t - noun tassel decorative bunch of cords 1
- noun tassel 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. 1
- noun tassel something resembling this, as the inflorescence of certain plants, especially that at the summit of a stalk of corn. 1
- verb with object tassel to furnish or adorn with tassels. 1
- verb with object tassel to form into a tassel or tassels. 1
- verb with object tassel to remove the tassel from (growing corn) in order to improve the crop. 1
- verb without object tassel (of corn) to put forth tassels (often followed by out). 1
- countable noun tassel Tassels are bunches of short pieces of wool or other material tied together at one end and attached as decorations to something such as a piece of clothing or a lampshade. 0
- noun tassel a tuft of loose threads secured by a knot or ornamental knob, used to decorate soft furnishings, clothes, etc 0
- noun tassel anything resembling this tuft, esp the tuft of stamens at the tip of a maize inflorescence 0
- verb tassel to adorn with a tassel or tassels 0
- verb tassel (of maize) to produce stamens in a tuft 0
- verb tassel to remove the tassels from 0
- noun tassel a clasp or fibula 0
- noun tassel an ornamental tuft of threads, cords, etc. of equal length, hanging loosely from a knob or from the knot by which they are tied together 0
- noun tassel something resembling this; specif., the tassel-like inflorescence of some plants, as corn 0
- verb transitive tassel to ornament with tassels 0
- intransitive verb tassel to grow tassels, as corn 0