Definitions for hassock

hassock has·sock

Spelling: [has-uh k]
IPA: /ˈhæs ək/

Hassock is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in hassock (achkoss).

Definitions for hassock

noun

  1. a thick, firm cushion used as a footstool or for kneeling.
  2. ottoman (def 6).
  3. a rank tuft of coarse grass or sedge, as in a bog.

Origin of hassock

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hassuc coarse grass

Examples for hassock

I was beside her, sitting on a hassock, so that I could look out into the street.

It was late in the afternoon; he sat on his hassock and watched Aunt Amanda sewing.

She stole up quietly and knelt on the hassock beside his chair.

And when he was seated she dropped on the hassock at his feet and laid her cheek on his knees.

“There is but a segment,” she said, sitting back upon the hassock again.

She seized it like a hungry child, dropping on a hassock before the fire to enjoy it.

Freddie took his customary place on the hassock at her feet.

From his hassock in the center of the room he looked uneasily around.

She slipped on to the hassock at his feet, resting her head on his leg.

There was a hassock convenient, and he drew it up to sit at her feet.

Word Value for hassock
Scrable

16

Words with friends

16

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