tinsel
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈtɪnsl/
:
espumillón
- Yes, I'd like ten of these ornaments, four little candles and a meter of tinsel.
- Christmas tinsel
- tinsel on the tree
- hang tinsel
They make me think of the texture of Christmas tree tinsel.
- They make me think of the texture of Christmas tree tinsel.
- So I had to order a second tinsel hair wig and I feel like this one could be a little bit trashy.
Examples
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Aunt Jean's living room was dressed in tinsel and fake holly.
Fiction book (2002) -
You know, decorating the tree, hanging the tinsel, stringing popcorn, that kind of stuff.
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At Christmas, they bought real gold tinsel for the tree.
Fiction book (1997) -
You can never have enough tinsel!
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"You never can have too much tinsel on the tree," she said aloud.
Fiction book (2001) -
And there in the living room was a small tree lit with lights, tinsel, and ornaments!
Fiction book (2002) -
Christmas lights ring picture windows, and tinsel hangs from trees glittering behind plate glass.
Fiction book (1993) -
My sister and I sit by the drooping tree among empty boxes and tangled scraps of tinsel and dappled paper.
Fiction book (1994) -
There's an artificial silver-tinsel Christmas tree, three feet high, on a table, glittery sequin-snow sprinkled onto the green cloth beneath.
Fiction book (1994) -
We decorated the Christmas tree with shiny tinsel that sparkled in the lights.
Synonyms
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1.6
Very small shiny pieces used to decorate things
A shiny decoration that people hang on a tree for the holidays
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tinsel comes from an old word like tincel that meant 'sparkle' or 'glitter'. People used thin metal strips that shone, so tinsel now means a thin, shiny thread or strip used for decoration.