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# tassel

noun (a tassel, tassels)

«tassel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A tassel is a bunch of threads or strings tied together at the top and hanging loose at the bottom, used for decoration on cushions, curtains, hats or bookmarks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tassel/#m1)
2. A tassel is also the tuft of flowers at the top of a maize (corn) plant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tassel/#m2)

### In the lessons

Everyday life: tassels on graduation caps (moved from one side to the other at the ceremony in the USA), on scarves, school bags and cushions. Art and crafts: making tassels from wool. Science: the maize tassel makes pollen that falls on the silks below.

### Examples

- Her scarf has tassels at each end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tassel/#x1)
- We made tassels from wool in craft club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tassel/#x2)
- At graduation he moved his tassel to the left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tassel/#x3)
- The curtains were tied back with gold tassels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tassel/#x4)
- The bookmark has a red tassel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tassel/#x5)
- The tassels on top of the corn shed pollen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tassel/#x6)
- He had a cap with a long tassel on his head, and Russian boots with red tops on his feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tassel/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Spelling: double s, single l: tassel. Said «TASS-ul». Do not confuse with «tussle» (a rough struggle) or «hassle».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tassel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tassel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tassel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tassel.html) on Mova free.