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tash

tash is the alternative form of tass.

tash is the alternative form of tache.

Meaning of tass

Noun (1)

tass (plural tasses)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A heap, pile.

Noun (2)

tass (plural tasses)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A cup or cupful.
    • "Here, Dougal," said the Laird, "gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs, till I count the siller and write the receipt."1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet

Noun (3)

tass (plural tasses)

  1. Synonym of tasse.
    Synonyms:
    tasse

Noun (4)

tass

  1. An Oriental silk fabric, with gold or silver thread.

See all 7 meanings of tass

Meaning of tache

Noun (1)

tache (plural taches)

  1. (informal) Moustache, mustache.

Noun (2)

tache (plural taches)

  1. (archaic) A spot, stain, or blemish.
    • the herynge or seynge of any vice or euyl tache1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC

Noun (3)

tache (plural taches)

  1. Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch, loop, button.
    • And thou shalt make fiftie taches of gold, and couple the curtaines together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.1611, King James Bible, “xxvi.vi”, in Exodus, Barker edition

See all 4 meanings of tache

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Tash

Tash

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Natasha.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Tash

Tash (plural Tashs or Tashes)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Tash

Tash

  1. A Hassidic community
  2. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Kiryas Tash: a neighbourhood of Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada.
  3. Synonym of Nyírtass (Nyírtass); A village in Hungary
    Synonyms:
    Nyírtass

Synonyms of tash

Forms of tash

Noun
pluraltashes
Proper noun
pluralTashs
pluralTashes
alternative formTosh

Origin of tash

Clipping of Natasha.

From Yiddish טאהש (Tosh), from Hebrew טאהש.

Words formed from tash

Questions about tash

What does tash mean?
Tash means a diminutive of the female given name Natasha.
What is tash the alternative form of?
Tash is the alternative form of tass.
What part of speech is tash?
Tash is a proper noun.

Words near tash in the dictionary

  1. tasered
  2. tasering
  3. tasers
  4. tases
  5. Tasexit
  6. tash
  7. Tasha
  8. tashdid
  9. Tashelhit
  10. Tashelhiyt
  11. Tasher

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tash (page history and authors); Tash (page history and authors); tass (page history and authors); tache (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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