to tassel

Examples

• All

• She decided to tassel the curtain to give the room a more elegant look.

• He instructed the tailor to tassel his jacket to enhance its appearance.

• The mother sat on the living room couch, which was covered with a tasseled bedspread.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The tasseled runner on a piano was frayed.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The tasseled loafer is traditionally a casual shoe.

  Fiction book (2000)

• They're slip-ons, tasseled, and the same color as the brick of the house.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Coolidge wears a knitted cap, close-fitting and tasseled on top.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Overstuffed sofas and chairs were piled with tasseled pillows.

  Fiction book (1999)

• But Clara's rooms had lots of doilies and long crocheted strips with tasseled edges hanging from the window frames and on the door between her bedroom and sitting room.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Elegant pre-World War I apartments, tall ceilings, paneled rooms, dark wood tables, upholstered couches, tasseled lamps.

  Fiction book (1997)

Compounds

T

tassel flower

8.4

A plant with young leaves eaten as vegetables and seeds used as cereal

T

tassel flower

9.4

A tropical plant with bright red flowers shaped like tassels grown for gardens

T

tassel hyacinth

• Specialized

9.9

A Mediterranean plant with a top group of blue-violet flowers above other flowers

How Decorative

to embellish

10 6.3

to tassel

1 4.9

to trim

19 4.1

to attach

459 2.5

to tie

923 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology