Definitions for pompon

pompon pom·pon

Spelling: [pom-pon]
IPA: /ˈpɒm pɒn/

Pompon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in pompon (mnoopp).

Definitions for pompon

noun

  1. pompom2 (def 1).
  2. the high plume at the front of a shako.
  3. Horticulture. a form of small, globe-shaped flower head that characterizes a class or type of various flowering plants, especially chrysanthemums and dahlias.
  4. black margate.

Origin of pompon

1740-50; French; repetitive formation, apparently based on pompe pomp

Examples for pompon

Sew a pompon or a rosette of yarn over the top of the sewing stitch.

He flourished in one hand his red mask and in the other a pompon which he had extracted from his pocket.

She wore a gown of pale saffron trimmed with three bouquets of pompon roses mixed with green.

The pompon or Bouquet Dahlia makes a pretty, compact plant, about three feet in height.

The pompon, or Bouquet Dahlia is a favorite variety of this genus.

It came four months later, as she stood on the sidelines of a tournament basketball game, clutching a pompon in each hand.

Our left has touched them, and as I write this our pompon on that side has a couple of goes.

The pompon kinds are small flowered, the petals being short.

And heres the great spiny thistle, too, that armed highwayman with florid face and pompon in his cap.

Bouquet or pompon dahlias, with much smaller double flowers of various colours.

Word Value for pompon
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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