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tazel

tazel is the obsolete form of teasel.

Meaning of teasel

Noun

teasel (plural teasels)

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
  2. The dried fruiting head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus sativa, used for teasing or carding cloth.
  3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

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Forms of tazel

pluraltazels

Questions about tazel

What is tazel the obsolete form of?
Tazel is the obsolete form of teasel.

Words near tazel in the dictionary

  1. tazee
  2. tazeea
  3. tazeeas
  4. tazeer
  5. tazees
  6. tazel
  7. tazels
  8. tazemetostat
  9. tazer
  10. tazers
  11. tazes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tazel (page history and authors); teasel (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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