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Tinsel

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Noun

1. tinsel

a showy decoration that is basically valueless

Example Sentences:
'all the tinsel of self-promotion'

2. tinsel

a thread with glittering metal foil attached

Verb

3. tinsel

impart a cheap brightness to

Example Sentences:
'his tinseled image of Hollywood'

4. tinsel

adorn with tinsel

Example Sentences:
'snow flakes tinseled the trees'

5. tinsel

interweave with tinsel

Example Sentences:
'tinseled velvet'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tinsel

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noun
1. 
a decoration consisting of a piece of string with thin strips of metal foil attached along its length
2. 
a yarn or fabric interwoven with strands of glittering thread
3. 
anything cheap, showy, and gaudy
verb -sels, -selling, -selled or US -sels, -seling or -seled (transitive)
4. 
to decorate with or as if with tinsel
snow tinsels the trees
5. 
to give a gaudy appearance to
adjective
6. 
made of or decorated with tinsel
7. 
showily but cheaply attractive; gaudy

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Tinsel

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noun
1.  Obsolete
a cloth of silk, wool, etc. interwoven with glittering threads of gold, silver, or other metal
2. 
thin sheets, strips, or threads of tin, metal foil, etc., used for inexpensive decoration
3. 
something that glitters like precious metal but has little worth; empty show; sham splendor
adjective
4. 
made of or decorated with tinsel
5. 
having sham splendor; showy; gaudy; tawdry
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtinseled or ˈtinselled, ˈtinseling or ˈtinselling
6. 
to make glitter with or as with tinsel
7. 
to give a false appearance of splendor to

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tinsel

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n.
1. Very thin sheets, strips, or threads of a glittering material used as a decoration.
2. Something sparkling or showy but basically valueless: the tinsel of parties and promotional events.
adj.
1. Made of or decorated with tinsel.
2. Gaudy, showy, and basically valueless.
tr.v. tin·seled, tin·sel·ing, tin·sels or tin·selled or tin·sel·ling
1. To decorate with or as if with tinsel: tinsel a Christmas tree.
2. To give a false sparkle to.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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