tussock
/ˈtʌs.ək/
tussock noun: a tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.
Noun
tussock (plural tussocks)
- A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.
- An Indian grazing ground is all rocks and scrub and tussocks and little ravines, among which the herds scatter and disappear.1894 May, Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published June 1894, →OCLC
- Next morning I was off to Lochtully, which, as you know, is in the north of Perthshire. It stands three miles from the station, a great gray pinnacled house, with two towers cocking out above the fir woods, like a hare’s ears from a tussock of grass.1895, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters: […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC
- Tussock grass.
- I yearned, painfully, for […] a sight and touch of a hillside covered with golden tussock.1985, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 401
tussock meaning in Tamil
tussock in Tamil
- புற்புதர்த் திடல்
Forms of tussock
| plural | tussocks |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tussac |
| alternative form | tussack |
Origin of tussock
Uncertain. Likely from or related to tusk + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle High German zūsach (“thicket”), a derivative of Middle High German zūse (“lock of hair”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic dosag (“little tuft”).
Words formed from tussock
- blue tussock
- ficus tussock moth
- hard tussock
- nassella tussock
- plumed tussock
- red tussock
- serrated tussock
- sweet tussock
- tussock bellflower
- tussock caterpillar
- tussocked
- tussocker
- tussock grass
- tussockgrass
- tussockland
- tussock moth
- tussock sedge
- tussocky
- yellow tussock
Phrases with tussock
Words that rhyme with tussock
Questions about tussock
- What does tussock mean?
- Tussock means a tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.
- What is tussock in Tamil?
- Tussock in Tamil is புற்புதர்த் திடல். See Tussock meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tussock?
- Tussock is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tussock?
- Tussock is pronounced /ˈtʌs.ək/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tussock?
- The plural of tussock is tussocks.
Words near tussock in the dictionary
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