Hassock

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A thick cushion used as a footstool or for kneeling.
  • n. A dense clump of grass.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A thick cushion used as a seat; an ottoman or pouffe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.
  • n. A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Coarse grass which grows in rank tufts on boggy ground; especially, the large sedge, Carex paniculata, the dried tufts of which were used in churches for footstools.
  • n. A besom; anything bushy; also, a large round turf used as a seat.
  • n. A thick hard cushion used as a footstool or in place of a kneeling-bench.
  • n. Kentish ragstone. Also written hassack.
  • n. Same as haslock.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. thick cushion used as a seat
  • n. a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Seat    cushion   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tussock    footstool    tufty   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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