Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tussore

/ˈtʌsɔɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tus-sore
IPA: /ˈtʌsɔɹ/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of tussar.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"now and then the fantastic shadows of birds of flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect […]"
"The next day, when Hsi-men Ch’ing returned from the yamen, he had the chests opened up and took out a bolt of block printed tussore fabric from the Imperial Silk Manufactory in the south."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtʌsɔɹ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

tussores (plural)

Synonyms

tussah tusseh tussur tusser antheraea mylitta

Questions

How do you pronounce tussore?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʌsɔɹ/.
What does tussore mean?: Alternative form of tussar.

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