Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: tinsel
IPA transcription: [t'ɪnsəl]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: tinsel
    Meaning: a thread with glittering metal foil attached
  • Synonyms: tinsel
    Meaning: a showy decoration that is basically valueless; "all the tinsel of self-promotion"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: tinsel
    Meaning: interweave with tinsel; "tinseled velvet"
  • Synonyms: tinsel
    Meaning: adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees"
  • Synonyms: tinsel
    Meaning: impart a cheap brightness to; "his tinseled image of Hollywood"
Usage examples
  • She caught glimpses of glitter and tinsel, wheels and fragments of unidentifiable toys.
  • Their festal attire bore the marks of a once careless luxury, but now shabbiness tried to hide itself under the bravery of tinsel, where once had been pure gold.
  • Next moment it was perched again on the chair-back--and all round the theatre, where it had passed, little sparks shone like tinsel seeds, then little smoke wreaths curled up like growing plants--little flames opened like flower-buds.