tus·sock

tus·sock
/ˈtʌsək/ noun, pl -socks [count]
: a small area that is covered with long thick grass

There were grassy tussocks throughout the marsh.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • tus|sock|y — «TUHS uh kee», adjective. 1. abounding in tussocks. 2. forming tussocks …   Useful english dictionary

  • tus|sock — «TUHS uhk», noun. 1. a tuft of growing grass, sedge, or the like. 2. a tuft or bunch of hair or feathers. ╂[origin unknown] …   Useful english dictionary

  • sock — bus·sock; cas·sock; fus·sock; has·sock; las·sock; sock; sock·dol·a·ger; sock·er·oo; sock·et·less; sock·eye; sock·less; sock·man; tus·sock; tus·sock·er; sock·er; sock·et; sock·dol·o·ger; …   English syllables

  • tus — abor·tus; ac·a·this·tus; ac·cen·tus; ac·tus; ad·i·tus; ad·vo·ca·tus; a·e·tus; af·fla·tus; ag·nos·tus; al·ber·tus·ta·ler; al·tus; am·bi·tus; an·te·na·tus; ao·tus; ap·lo·di·no·tus; ap·pa·ra·tus; aq·uae·duc·tus; aq·uae·haus·tus; ar·bu·tus;… …   English syllables

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  • tussock — tus·sock …   English syllables

  • tussocker — tus·sock·er …   English syllables

  • tussock — tus•sock [[t]ˈtʌs ək[/t]] n. bot a tuft or clump of growing grass or the like • Etymology: 1540–50; appar. akin to MHG zūsach thicket, der. of zūse lock (of hair), brushwood. See ock tus′socked, adj. tus•sock•y, adj …   From formal English to slang

  • tussock — tus|sock [ˈtʌsək] n literary [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from tusk small bunch of grass, hair, etc. (16 19 centuries)] a small thick mass of grass …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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