Definitions for tussahs

tussahs tus·sah

Spelling: [tuhs-uh]
IPA: /ˈtʌs ə/

Tussahs is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in tussahs (ahssstu).

Definitions for tussahs

noun

  1. a tan silk from India. Compare Shantung (def 2a).
  2. the silkworm of an oriental moth of the genus Antheraea, as A. mylitta, that produces this silk.

Origin of tussahs

1580-90; earlier tusser Hindi tasar shuttle Sanskrit tasara, trasara kind of silkworm

Examples for tussahs

The China silk was dissolved by this reagent; tussah silk and the lustra-celluloses entirely resisted its action.

Over this is placed one braid of tussah silk and an outer braid of cotton.

Bengal has furnished the tussah moth, which lives in India on the oak and a variety of other trees.

The silk produced by the wild worms of China and India is called “tussah” (or “tussur”).

But give 13-year-old tussah Heera credit: How would you do on national television if you were asked to spell “herniorrhaphy”?

Word Value for tussahs
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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